Thermal degradation and burning behaviour of cellulose based and cellulose-silk blended upholstery fabrics

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 879-885

  Muralidhara, K S ^a   Sreenivasan, S ^b  

^a Textiles Committee   (India)

^b ICAR CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COTTON TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Rate of flame spread; Thermal degradation; Vertical flammability; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BURNING; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; HALOGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SAMPLING; WATER VAPOR;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 78249266306     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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