Flame retardancy and mechanical properties of ethylene-vinyl acetate rubber with expandable graphite/ammonium polyphosphate/dipentaerythritol system

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1864-1872

  Lu, Yanbing ^a   Zhang, Yingjun ^a   Xu, Weijian ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ethylene vinyl acetate rubber; expandable graphite; flame retardant; mechanical property

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; CHAR RESIDUES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE RUBBER; EXPANDABLE GRAPHITE; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME RETARDANT SYSTEM; FLAME-RETARDANCE; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; POLYPHOSPHATES; RESIDUAL CHAR; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMOSET RUBBERS; VINYL ACETATES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ETHYLENE; GRAPHITE; MELTING; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOSETS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80051947567     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2011.553168     Document Type: Article

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