Comparison of the effect of montmorillonite, magnesium hydroxide and a mixture of both on the flammability properties and mechanism of char formation of HDPE composites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2581-2593

  Lenza, Joanna ^a   Merkel, Katarzyna ^a   Rydarowski, Henryk ^a  

^a CENTRAL MINING INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Char; Flammability; High density polyethylene; Montmorillonite; TGA FTIR

Indexed keywords

CHAR; CHAR FORMATION; CONE CALORIMETER; CONE CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS; FIRE RETARDANCY; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; HDPE COMPOSITE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MATRIXES; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; MASTER BATCH; MELT BLENDING; ORGANO-MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITES; OXIDATIVE ATMOSPHERE; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; SURFACE LAYERS; TGA-FTIR;

BLENDING; CLAY MINERALS; COPOLYMERS; FLAMMABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXYGEN; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 84868687884     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.07.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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