A highly efficient fire-retardant nanomaterial based on carbon nanotubes and magnesium hydroxide

Fire and Materials

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-99

  Knight, Chase C ^a,b   Ip, Filbert ^a,b   Zeng, Changchun ^a,b   Zhang, Chuck ^a,b   Wang, Ben ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon nanotubes; nanocomposites; nanoparticles; polymer composites

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FIRES; HYBRID MATERIALS; MAGNESIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIRE-RETARDANT MATERIALS; HEAT ABSORPTION; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; WELL-DISPERSED;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84873711224     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: 10991018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fam.2115     Document Type: Article

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