Flame retardancy of wood coated by ZnO nanorod arrays via a hydrothermal method

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 326-331

  Sun, Q F ^a,b   Lu, Y ^a,b   Zhang, H M ^b   Yang, D J ^b   Xu, J S ^c,d   Li, J ^a   Liu, Y X ^a   Shi, J T ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cone calorimetry; Flame retardancy; Hydrothermal method; Wood; ZnO nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

BURNING TIME; COMBUSTION PARAMETERS; CONE CALORIMETRY; FLAME RETARDANCY; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; SMOKE PRODUCTION; TIME TO IGNITION; TOTAL HEAT RELEASE; WOOD SURFACES; WURTZITES; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COATINGS; FLAMMABLE MATERIALS; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

WOOD;

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COATINGS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84867920784     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: 1433075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1433075X11Y.0000000066     Document Type: Article

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