The utility of nanocomposites in fire retardancy

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4580-4606

  Wang, Linjiang ^a   He, Xuejun ^a   Wilkie, Charles A ^b  

^a GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Clays; Fire retardancy; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CONE CALORIMETRY; FIRE RETARDANCY; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; NANOCOMPOSITE FORMATIONS; OXYGEN INDEX; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES;

CLAY; MATERIALS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 79959773437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3094580     Document Type: Article

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