Natural mineral fire retardant fillers for polyethylene

Fire and Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-192

  Bellayer, Séverine Patricia ^a   Tavard, E ^b   Duquesne, S ^a   Piechaczyk, A ^b   Bourbigot, S ^a  

^a Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille   (France)

^b Nexans Research Center   (France)

Author keywords

carbonates; flame retardance; intumescence; polyethylene

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIVE AGENTS; EXTERNAL HEAT FLUX; FIRE RETARDANT; FLAME-RETARDANCE; HEAT RELEASE RATES; INTUMESCENCE; INTUMESCENT BEHAVIOUR; LOW COSTS; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; MASS LOSS; MINERAL FILLER; NATURAL MINERALS; POLYETHYLENE MATRIX; RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES; SEM;

ASPECT RATIO; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FILLERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEAT FLUX; MAGNESIUM; MINERALS; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; STEARIC ACID; THERMOPLASTICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79952850656     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1048     Document Type: Article

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