Effects of fire retardants on physical, mechanical, and fire properties of flat-pressed WPCs

European Journal of Wood and Wood Products

Volumn 70, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 215-224

  Ayrilmis, Nadir ^a   Benthien, Jan T ^b   Thoemen, Heiko ^c   White, Robert H ^d  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; CONE CALORIMETER; FIRE PROPERTIES; INTERNAL BONDS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES; ZINC BORATE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FIRE RESISTANCE; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FIRE RESISTANCE; FLAME RETARDANTS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYPROPYLENE; PRESSING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84859540395     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: 1436736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-011-0541-3     Document Type: Article

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