The effects of Clay on fire performance and thermal mechanical properties of woven glass fibre reinforced polyamide 6 nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2063-2067

  Shen, Shirley Zhiqi ^a   Bateman, Stuart ^a   McMahon, Patrick ^a   Dell'Olio, Mel ^a   Gotama, Januar ^a   Nguyen, Tri ^a   Yuan, Qiang ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibre; A. Nano particles; A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CONE CALORIMETER; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FIBRE VOLUME FRACTION; FIRE PERFORMANCE; FLEXURAL MODULUS; FLEXURAL PROPERTIES; GLASS FIBRES; IGNITION TIME; MAKING PROCESS; MATRIX; MODIFIED CLAYS; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLYAMIDE 6; THERMAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WOVEN GLASS;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FIBERS; FIRES; GLASS FIBERS; LAMINATES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 77957018783     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.07.027     Document Type: Article

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