Ignition of polypropylene/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2619-2626

  Fina, Alberto ^a,b   Cuttica, Fabio ^a,b   Camino, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INSTM: Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia Dei Materiali ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Flame retardancy; Ignition temperature; Ignition time; Nanocomposites; Time to ignition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHANGE; CONE CALORIMETER; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; FLAME RETARDANCY; FUNCTION OF TIME; IGNITION TEMPERATURES; IGNITION TIME; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY COMPOSITES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME TO IGNITION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYPROPYLENES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

IGNITION;

EID: 84868713013     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.07.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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