Effects of expandable graphite and modified ammonium polyphosphate on the flame-retardant and mechanical properties of wood flour-polypropylene composites

Polymers and Polymer Composites

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 449-456

  Guo, Chuigen ^a,b   Zhou, Lin ^b   Lv, Jianxiong ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expandable graphite; Flame retardancy; Mechanical properties; Thermogravimetric analysis; Wood Plastics composites

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; EXPANDABLE GRAPHITE; FLAME RETARDANCY; LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD; POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE; WOOD-PLASTICS COMPOSITE;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887931826     PISSN: 09673911     EISSN: 14782391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096739111302100706     Document Type: Article

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