Flame retardancy and thermal decomposition of flexible polyurethane foams: Structural influence of organophosphorus compounds

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2428-2440

  Liang, Shuyu ^a   Neisius, Matthias ^a   Mispreuve, Henri ^b   Naescher, Reinold ^b   Gaan, Sabyasachi ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Fritz Nauer AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flame retardant; Foam; Phosphate; Phosphonate; Phosphoramidate; PO

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FOAMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLONIUM; POLYURETHANES; POROUS MATERIALS; PYROLYSIS; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANES; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHONATES; PHOSPHORAMIDATES; POLYMERIZATION PROCESS; PYROLYSIS-COMBUSTION FLOW CALORIMETRIES; STRUCTURAL INFLUENCES;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84869221391     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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