Thermal and burning properties of wood flourpoly(vinyl chloride) composite

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1577-1585

  Fang, Yiqun ^a,b   Wang, Qingwen ^a   Bai, Xiaoyan ^a   Wang, Weihong ^a   Cooper, Paul A ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combustion; Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC); Thermal decomposition; Wood flour; Wood plastic composite

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; BURNING PROPERTIES; CHAR FORMATION; CONE CALORIMETRY; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; HEAT RELEASE; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY (PY-GC/MS); SMOKE EMISSION; SMOKE PRODUCTION RATE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC; VINYL CHLORIDES; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

COMBUSTION; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 84867400696     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-2071-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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