Feathers as a flame-retardant in elastic polyurethane foam

Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 119-128

  Wrześniewska Tosik, Krystyna ^a   Zajchowski, Stanisław ^b   Bryśkiewicz, Anna ^c   Ryszkowska, Joanna ^c  

^a Instytut Biopolimers and Chemical Fibres   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elastic foam; Feathers; Flame retardant; Keratin; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; DEGRADATION; KERATIN; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ELASTIC FOAMS; FEATHER; FTIR; KERATIN FIBERS; POLYURETHANE FOAM; POULTRY FEATHERS; PROPERTY; RESEARCH RESULTS; THERMAL; THERMO-GRAVIMETRIC;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 84891671734     PISSN: 12303666     EISSN: 23007354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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