Flammability and thermal degradation studies of PVA/rice husk composites

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-93

  Arora, Sanjiv ^a   Kumar, Mahender ^a   Kumar, Mahesh ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

activation energy; composites; flame retardancy; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACIDS; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; DEGRADATION ACTIVATION ENERGY; FLAME RETARDANCY; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; LOADING PASS; MODEL-FREE METHOD; SOLVENT-CASTING; THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BLENDING; BORIDE COATINGS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; INORGANIC ACIDS; LOADING; POLYMER BLENDS; SILICA; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FLAMMABILITY;

EID: 84856876325     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: 15307964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0731684411431765     Document Type: Article

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