Recent developments in halogen free flame retardants for epoxy resins for electrical and electronic applications

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4300-4327

  Rakotomalala, Muriel ^a   Wagner, Sebastian ^a   Döring, Manfred ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composites; Epoxy; Fire retardant; Phosphorus; Printed wiring boards

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS; EPOXY; HALOGEN-FREE FLAME RETARDANT; LEAD-FREE SOLDERING; MECHANISM OF DEGRADATION; PHOSPHORUS FLAME RETARDANTS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EPOXY RESINS; PHOSPHORUS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RESINS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 79953191268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3084300     Document Type: Article

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