The influence of metal hydroxide fire retardants and nanoclay on the thermal decomposition of EVA

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2231-2240

  Witkowski, Artur ^a   Stec, Anna A ^a   Hull, T Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetone; Aluminium hydroxide; Ethylene vinyl acetate; Magnesium hydroxide; Nanoclay; TGA FTIR

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; CAPILLARY FLOW; DECOMPOSITION; ETHYLENE; FILLERS; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNESIUM; MINERAL INDUSTRY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOLYSIS; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; NANO CLAYS; TGA-FTIR;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84869227182     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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