The effect of nanoparticles on structural morphology, thermal and flammability properties of two epoxy resins with different functionalities

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 529-540

  Katsoulis, Charalampos ^a   Kandare, Everson ^a,b   Kandola, Baljinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flame retardancy; Morphology; Polymer nanocomposite; Resin functionality; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ADVERSE EFFECT; CHAR YIELD; CONE CALORIMETRY; DOUBLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; FIRE REACTION; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL RESINS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INTERCALATED STRUCTURES; LAYERED SILICATE; LOW-TEMPERATURE CURING; LOW-TEMPERATURE REGIME; MATRIX; MINIMAL EFFECTS; NANO CLAYS; NANO-SILICA; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER-CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY; TETRA-FUNCTIONAL EPOXY RESINS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL STABILITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CURING; EPOXY RESINS; FIRE RESISTANCE; FIREPROOFING; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SILICA; SILICATES; SYNTHETIC RESINS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 79952192138     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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