Fire-retardant poly(ethylene terephthalate) by combination of expandable graphite and layered clays for plastics and textiles

Fire and Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 383-396

  Alongi, Jenny ^a   Frache, Alberto ^a   Gioffredi, Emilia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

cloisite; expandable graphite; fire retardancy; nanocomposites; polyethylene terephthalate; rheology

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; CLOISITE; COMBUSTION RATE; EXPANDABLE GRAPHITE; FIRE RETARDANCY; INTUMESCENT FLAME RETARDANT; NANO CLAYS; ORGANO-MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITES;

CLAY MINERALS; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SODIUM; SPINNING (FIBERS); TEXTILES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 80053210086     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1060     Document Type: Article

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