Influence of antimony oxide on flammability of polypropylene/intumescent flame retardant system

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1737-1744

  Li, Na ^a   Xia, Yin ^a   Mao, Zongwen ^a   Wang, Liang ^a   Guan, Yong ^a   Zheng, Anna ^a  

^a East China University of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Antimony oxide; Flame retardancy; Intumescent flame retardant; PP

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; ANTIMONY OXIDES; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAME RETARDANT SYSTEM; INTUMESCENT FLAME RETARDANT; INTUMESCENT SYSTEMS; LIMITED OXYGEN INDEX; SYNERGISTIC AGENTS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; SYNERGISTIC MECHANISM; VERTICAL BURNING TESTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BLOWING AGENTS; LOADING; OXYGEN; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 84864614841     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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