Material resistance of flame retarded wood-plastic composites against fire and fungal decay

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1189-1196

  Naumann, Annette ^a   Seefeldt, Henrik ^b   Stephan, Ina ^a   Braun, Ulrike ^b   Noll, Matthias ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fire behaviour; Flame retardants; Fourier transform infrared attenuated total reflexion (FTIR ATR) spectroscopy; Fungal decay; Microscopy; Wood plastic composite (WPC)

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; BENDING MODULUS OF ELASTICITY; CONE CALORIMETRY; CONIOPHORA PUTEANA; EXPANDABLE GRAPHITE; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE RISKS; FLAME-RETARDED; FT-IR-ATR; FUNGAL DECAY; HALOGEN-FREE FLAME RETARDANT; MASS LOSS; MATERIAL RESISTANCE; RADIANT PANEL; TRAMETES VERSICOLOR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; WOOD-PLASTIC COMPOSITES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DEGRADATION; FIRES; FLAME RESISTANCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGI; GRAPHITE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DECAY; DEGRADATION; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNGI; GRAPHITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; SULFUR; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84861610663     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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