Study of Glow Wire Ignition Temperature (GWIT) and Comparative Tracking Index (CTI) performances of engineering thermoplastics and correlation with material properties

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-573

  Acquasanta, Francesco ^a   Berti, Corrado ^a   Colonna, Martino ^a   Fiorini, Maurizio ^a   Karanam, Sreepadaraj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative Tracking Index; Glow Wire Ignition Temperature; Polycarbonate; Terephthalate polyesters; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CHAR FORMATION; COMPARATIVE TRACKING INDICES; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; GLASS FIBRES; GLOW WIRE IGNITION TEMPERATURE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; IGNITION PROCESS; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; LASER FLASH; LASER FLASH THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NEW PRODUCT; PARAMETERISATION; PROCESSABILITY; PYROLYSIS-GC/MS; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; TEREPHTHALATE POLYESTERS; TEST PERFORMANCE; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC IGNITION; ESTERS; GLASS FIBERS; GLASS LASERS; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; PYROLYSIS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

WIRE;

EID: 79952131214     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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