Synthesis and characterization of thermoplastic composites filled with γ-boehmite for fire resistance

Fire and Materials

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 491-504

  Droval, Guillaume ^a   Aranberri, Ibon ^b   Ballestero, Jesus ^b   Verelst, Marc ^a   Dexpert Ghys, Jeannette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Centro Tecnologico Gaiker   (Spain)

Author keywords

fire retardancy; nanocomposites; thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

BURNING TIME; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; FILLER CONTENTS; FIRE RETARDANCY; FIRE RETARDANT; FIRE TESTS; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MATRIX; POLYAMIDE 6; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILLERS; FIREPROOFING; FIRES; FIRING (OF MATERIALS); FLAMMABILITY TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS; WATER CONTENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIRE RESISTANCE;

EID: 80054061241     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.1068     Document Type: Article

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