Thermal stabilities of drops of burning thermoplastics under the UL 94 vertical test conditions

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 246-247, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-109

  Wang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dripping; Kinetics; Thermal stability; UL 94

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE; CHAIN SEGMENTS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; DECOMPOSITION REACTION; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DRIPPING; HIGH IMPACT POLYSTYRENE; KINETIC COMPENSATION EFFECT; ONSET DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURES; POLYAMIDE 6; POLYMER MELT FLOW; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEST CONDITION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC EXPERIMENTS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; UL 94; VERTICAL BURNING TESTS; VINYL ACETATES;

ACRYLICS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUTADIENE; DROPS; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETICS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; STYRENE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ABS RESINS;

PLASTIC; POLY(ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYAMIDE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BURNING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; POLYMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DECOMPOSITION; HEAT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

FIRES; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; PLASTICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84872354476     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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