Thermal and flammability properties of polyethersulfone/halloysite nanocomposites prepared by melt compounding

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1993-2004

  Lecouvet, B ^a   Sclavons, M ^a   Bourbigot, S ^b   Bailly, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Flame retardancy; Halloysite; Nanocomposites; Polyethersulfone; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANCY; HALLOYSITE; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; POLYETHERSULFONES; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMO-OXIDATIVE STABILITY;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHAINS; DISPERSIONS; EXTRUSION; KAOLINITE; NANOTUBES; REINFORCEMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84883781145     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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