The synergistic performance of multiwalled carbon nanotubes and sepiolite nanoclays as flame retardants for unsaturated polyester

Fire and Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 157-169

  Hapuarachchi, T D ^a   Bilotti, E ^a   Reynolds, C T ^a   Peijs, T ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; flame retardancy; polymer nanocomposite; sepiolite nanoclay; synergy

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION FLOW; CONE CALORIMETER; FLAME RETARDANCY; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT RELEASE RATES; MICROCALORIMETER; NANO CLAYS; ONSET DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURES; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; RESIDUAL CHAR; SEPIOLITE CLAY; SEPIOLITE NANOCLAY; SURFACE LAYERS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; SYNERGY; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED POLYESTER; UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESIN;

FLAME RETARDANTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYESTER RESINS; POLYMER BLENDS; PYROLYSIS; RESINS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED POLYMERS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79952821631     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1044     Document Type: Article

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