Study of flammability and thermal properties of high-impact polystyrene nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2104-2111

  Katančić, Zvonimir ^a   Travaš Sejdić, Jadranka ^b,c   Hrnjak Murgić, Zlata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flammability; High impact polystyrene; Nanocomposites; Silica; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; CRYSTALLINE ORDER; FIRE RETARDANCY; FLAME RETARDANCY; HIGH-IMPACT POLYSTYRENE; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; ORGANIC MATERIALS; POLYPHOSPHATES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTICITY; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 80655124483     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.09.020     Document Type: Article

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