Flame retardancy of carbon nanofibre/intumescent hybrid paper based fibre reinforced polymer composites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 760-770

  Tang, Yong ^a   Zhuge, Jinfeng ^a   Lawrence, Jeremy ^a   McKee, James ^a   Gou, Jihua ^a   Ibeh, Christopher ^b   Hu, Yuan ^c  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofibre; Flame retardancy; Hybrid; Polymer

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; CARBON NANOFIBRES; CHAR RESIDUES; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM; CONE CALORIMETER; FIBRE-REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES; FIRE RETARDANT; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME-RETARDANT MECHANISMS; GLASS FIBRES; HYBRID; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INJECTION MOULDING; LAMINATE COMPOSITES; PAPERMAKING PROCESS; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; POLYMER RESINS; RADIANT HEAT FLUXES; SEM; TEST RESULTS; TGA/FTIR; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON NANOFIBERS; COLD STORAGE; COMPRESSED AIR; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLASS FIBERS; HEAT FLUX; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INJECTION MOLDING; NANOCOMPOSITES; OLIGOMERS; PAPER LAMINATES; PYROLYSIS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 79953720247     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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