Halogen-free flame-retardant flexible polyurethane foam with a novel nitrogen-phosphorus flame retardant

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 29, 2012, Pages 9769-9776

  Chen, Ming Jun ^a   Shao, Zhu Bao ^a   Wang, Xiu Li ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Wang, Yu Zhong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONE CALORIMETER; FLAME PROPAGATION; FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANES; FOAM MORPHOLOGY; HALOGEN-FREE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; PHOSPHINIC ACID; TENSILE TESTS;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHOSPHORUS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 84864272103     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301004d     Document Type: Article

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