A review of candidate fire retardants for polyisoprene

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-213

  Kind, David J ^a,b   Hull, T Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Trelleborg Industrial AVS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastomer; Fire; Fire retardant; Natural rubber; Polyisoprene; Rubber

Indexed keywords

AGEING PROPERTIES; ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE; AROMATIC CHEMICALS; CHAR RESIDUES; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; EXPANDABLE GRAPHITE; FIRE RETARDANT; FUEL CONTENT; HIGH LOADINGS; HYDRATED FILLER; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING; LOW RESISTANCE; MONTMORILLONITE CLAY; NANO SCALE; NATURAL RUBBERS; RANDOM CHAIN SCISSIONS; RUBBER COMPOUNDS; SMOKE PARTICLES; ZINC BORATE; ZINC HYDROXYSTANNATE;

ADDITIVES; CARBON BLACK; CLAY MINERALS; CROSSLINKING; ELASTOMERS; FILLERS; FIRE RESISTANCE; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHOSPHORUS; PLASTICS; POLYISOPRENES; PYROLYSIS; RUBBER APPLICATIONS; SILICA; ZINC;

RUBBER;

EID: 84856287959     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.12.008     Document Type: Review

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