Effect of zinc borate and wood flour on thermal degradation and fire retardancy of Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) composites

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-236

  Fang, Yiqun ^a,b   Wang, Qingwen ^a   Guo, Chuigen ^a   Song, Yongming ^a   Cooper, Paul A ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire retardancy; Polyvinyl chloride (PVC); Smoke suppression; Wood plastic composite; Zinc borate

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CROSSLINKING; DECOMPOSITION; FIRES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SMOKE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOLYSIS; WOOD PRODUCTS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

FIRE RETARDANCY; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC); SMOKE SUPPRESSION; WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITE; ZINC BORATE;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

CROSS LINKING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRAVIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER WOOD COMBINATIONS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SMOKE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84874106842     PISSN: 01652370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2012.12.028     Document Type: Article

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