Iron-montmorillonite and zinc borate as synergistic agents in flame-retardant glass fiber reinforced polyamide 6 composites in combination with melamine polyphosphate

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-422

  Tai, Qilong ^a   Yuen, Richard K K ^a,b   Yang, Wei ^a   Qiao, Zhihua ^a   Song, Lei ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a  

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

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Glass fibers; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Thermal properties; D. Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

A. POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME-RETARDANT MECHANISMS; FLAME-RETARDED; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYAMIDES; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MELA MINE POLYPHOSPHATE; MICROSCALE COMBUSTION; SYNERGISTIC AGENTS; TG-FT-IR; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS; ZINC BORATE;

CLAY MINERALS; COMBUSTION; GLASS FIBERS; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RATING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856528215     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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