Combination of graphene and montmorillonite reduces the flammability of poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 80-81, Issue , 2013, Pages 433-437

  Huang, Guobo ^a   Chen, Suqing ^a   Liang, Huading ^a   Wang, Xu ^b   Gao, Jianrong ^b  

^a TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flame retardancy; Graphene; Montmorillonite; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

COMBINATION EFFECTS; FLAME RETARDANCY; FLAMMABILITY PROPERTIES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); MONTMORILLONITES (MT); PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY (SEM);

CLAY MINERALS; FLAMMABILITY; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

CALORIMETRY; COMPOSITE; DISPERSION; MONTMORILLONITE; POLYMER; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84883463063     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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