The Application of Fire-Retardant Fillers for Use in Textile Barrier Materials

Springer Series in Materials Science

Volumn 97, Issue , 2007, Pages 3-22

  Hornsby, P R ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire Retardant; Flame Retardant; Heat Release Rate; Magnesium Hydroxide; Oxygen Index

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251595203     PISSN: 0933033X     EISSN: 21962812     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71920-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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