Effect of rare earth hypophosphite and melamine cyanurate on fire performance of glass-fiber reinforced poly(1,4-butylene terephthalate) composites

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 526, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 185-191

  Yang, Wei ^a,b   Tang, Gang ^a   Song, Lei ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a   Yuen, Richard K K ^b  

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

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flame retardant; Glass fibers; Polymer matrix composites; Rare earth hypophosphite

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION PROPERTY; CONDENSED-PHASE EFFECTS; CONE CALORIMETER; FIRE PERFORMANCE; FLAME RETARDANT SYSTEM; GASPHASE; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MECHANISM ANALYSIS; MELAMINE CYANURATE; MELT-BLENDING METHODS; MICROSCALE COMBUSTION; POLY(1 ,4-BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); THERMAL DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOR; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES;

BLENDING; BUTENES; CALORIMETRY; CERIUM; COMBUSTION; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLASS FIBERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; PYROLYSIS; RARE EARTHS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 80455160121     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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