Polyurethane flexible foam fire resisting by melamine and expandable graphite: Industrial approach

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-565

  Gharehbaghi, A ^a   Bashirzadeh, R ^b   Ahmadi, Z ^c  

^a Iran Polyurethane MfgCo   (Iran)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

expandable graphite; fire retardancy; flexible polyurethane foam; melamine powder

Indexed keywords

AIR INDUSTRY; EXPANDABLE GRAPHITE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE RETARDANCY; FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAM; HALOGEN-FREE; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; POLYURETHANE FLEXIBLE FOAM; SAFETY ISSUES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; FIRES; GRAPHITE; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; POLYURETHANES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 82955213424     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X11414789     Document Type: Article

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