Calcium-based hydrated minerals: Promising halogen-free flame retardant and fire resistant additives for polyethylene and ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1617-1625

  Laoutid, Fouad ^a   Lorgouilloux, Marion ^b   Lesueur, Didier ^b   Bonnaud, Leila ^a   Dubois, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b Lhoist Group Marketing   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcium based hydrated minerals; Char structuring; EVA; Fire properties

Indexed keywords

CHAR STRUCTURING; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; EVA; FIRE PROPERTIES; FIRE RESISTANT ADDITIVES; HALOGEN-FREE FLAME RETARDANT; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COPOLYMERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDRATION; LIME; MINERALS; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HYDRATED LIME;

EID: 84881191543     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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