Phosphorus-based flame retardancy mechanisms-old hat or a starting point for future development?

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4710-4745

  Scharte, Bernhard ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charring; Fire retardancy; Flame inhibition; Intumescence; Phosphate; Phosphinate; Phosphine oxide; Phosphonate; Red phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CHARRING; FIRE RETARDANCY; FLAME INHIBITIONS; INTUMESCENCE; PHOSPHINATE; PHOSPHINE OXIDE; PHOSPHONATES; RED PHOSPHORUS;

ADDITIVES; FLAME RETARDANTS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS;

PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 80053945256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3104710     Document Type: Article

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