Effect of alumina trihydrate and borax on fire retardancy and mechanical properties of high density polyethylene (HDPE) compounds

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-122

  Faghihi, Jalal ^a   Morshedian, Jalil ^a   Ahmadi, Shervin ^a  

^a IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BORATE MINERALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ETHYLENE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; SODIUM BORATE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); INORGANIC FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYMERIC MATRICES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FLAME RESISTANCE;

EID: 78650401402     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: 14782391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739111001800207     Document Type: Article

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