Smoke and hydrocarbon yields from fire retarded polymer nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-300

  Stec, Anna A ^a   Rhodes, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire; Fire retardant; Hydrocarbon; Nanocomposites; Smoke; Soot

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; FIRE CONDITION; FIRE RETARDANT; FIRE RETARDED; HIGHER YIELD; HYDROCARBON YIELD; MELA MINE POLYPHOSPHATE; NANO CLAYS; NANO-FILLERS; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PURE POLYMERS; SMOKE YIELDS; STEADY STATE; TOXIC PRODUCTS; TUBE FURNACES;

AGGLOMERATION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON MONOXIDE; EFFLUENTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SMOKE; SOOT; VENTILATION;

FIRES;

EID: 79951575684     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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