A novel fire retardant affects fire performance and mechanical properties of wood flour-high density polyethylene composites

BioResources

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1760-1770

  Pan, Mingzhu ^a   Mei, Changtong ^a   Song, Yuxuan ^a  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium polyphosphate (APP) based flame retardant; Fibers; Mechanical properties; Wood plastic composites

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIBERS; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATE BASED FLAME RETARDANTS (APP); EFFECTIVE HEAT OF COMBUSTION; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

WOOD;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FIBERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84863852585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.7.2.1760-1770     Document Type: Article

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