Effect of electron beam irradiation on the mechanical and thermal properties of intumescent flame retarded ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer/organically modified montmorillonite nanocomposites

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1275-1281

  Wang, Bibo ^a   Song, Lei ^a   Hong, Ningning ^a   Tai, Qilong ^a   Lu, Hongdian ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Electron beam irradiation; Intumescent flame retardant; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKED; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS; EVA NANOCOMPOSITES; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME-RETARDED; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH ENERGY ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; INTUMESCENT FLAME RETARDANT; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; RT-FTIR; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; THERMAL OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; WELL-DISPERSED; XRD;

CLAY MINERALS; COPOLYMERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; ETHYLENE; FLAME RETARDANTS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; FLAME RETARDANT; MONTMORILLONITE; NANOCOMPOSITE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DISPERSION; ELECTRON BEAM; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; RADIATION DOSE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79960698778     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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