On the use of magnesium hydroxide towards halogen-free flame-retarded polyamide-6/polypropylene blends

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1447-1457

  Balakrishnan, Harintharavimal ^a   Hassan, Azman ^a   Isitman, Nihat Ali ^b   Kaynak, Cevdet ^b  

^a Faculty of Chemical Engineering   (Malaysia)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flame retardancy; Magnesium hydroxide; Mechanical properties; Polyamide 6 polypropylene; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

BLEND CONSTITUENTS; DAMPING BEHAVIORS; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME-RETARDED; HALOGEN-FREE; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; LOADING LEVEL; LOW COSTS; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MASS LOSS; MASS LOSS RATE; METAL HYDROXIDE; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYAMIDE 6/POLYPROPYLENE; THERMO-MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

DEGRADATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS; PYROLYSIS; STIFFNESS; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84863728454     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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