Flame retardancy and mechanical properties of kenaf filled polypropylene (PP) containing ammonium polyphosphate (APP)

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 429-434

  Ismail, Atikah ^a   Hassan, Azman ^a   Bakar, Aznizam Abu ^a   Jawaid, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Flame retardancy; Mechanical properties; Natural fiber polymer composites

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUND; COMPOSITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

EID: 84875296915     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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