Flammability of thermoplastic carbon nanofiber nanocomposites

Fire and Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-60

  Morgan, Alexander B ^a   Liu, Weidong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanofibers; flammability; nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CONE CALORIMETER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS; FLAMMABILITY PARAMETERS; MASS LOSS RATE; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLY (BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYMER DECOMPOSITION; SMOKE RELEASE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION; VAPOR GROWN CARBON NANOFIBERS;

AMIDES; BUTENES; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CARBON NANOFIBERS; EXTRUSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMOPLASTICS;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 78651424958     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1034     Document Type: Article

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