Flammability properties of PEEK and carbon nanotube composites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2492-2502

  Patel, Parina ^a   Stec, Anna A ^a   Hull, T Richard ^a   Naffakh, Mohammed ^b   Diez Pascual, Ana M ^b   Ellis, Gary ^b   Safronava, Natallia ^c   Lyon, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^c WILLIAM J HUGHES TECHNICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; CNT; Fire; Flame retardant; PEEK; Polyetheretherketone

Indexed keywords

CARBON-NANOTUBE COMPOSITES; CHAR FORMATION; CNT; CONE CALORIMETER; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; LOADING LEVEL; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; ETHERS; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

LOADING;

EID: 84868684850     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.07.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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