Thermal decomposition of flame retarded formulations PA6/aluminum phosphinate/melamine polyphosphate/organomodified clay: Interactions between the constituents?

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2217-2230

  Samyn, Fabienne ^a,b,c   Bourbigot, Serge ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminum phosphinate; Flame retardancy; Melamine polyphosphate; Nanocomposite; Polyamide 6; Solid state NMR

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DECOMPOSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANOMETALLICS; PYROLYSIS; THERMOLYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FLAME RETARDANCY; MELA MINE POLYPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHINATE; POLYAMIDE 6; SOLID STATE NMR;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84869215629     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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