Synthesis of highly efficient flame retardant high-density polyethylene nanocomposites with inorgano-layered double hydroxides as nanofiller using solvent mixing method

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5094-5104

  Gao, Yanshan ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Wang, Junya ^a   Huang, Liang ^a   Yan, Xingru ^b   Zhang, Xi ^b   He, Qingliang ^b   Xing, Zipeng ^c   Guo, Zhanhu ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Lamar University   (United States)

^c HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

flame retardancy; inorganic anions; nanocomposites; rheology; solvent mixing; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; IONS; LOADING; MIXING; NANOCOMPOSITES; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

FLAME RETARDANCY; INORGANIC ANIONS; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; MICROSCALE COMBUSTION CALORIMETERS; SOLVENT MIXING; STORAGE AND LOSS MODULUS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS; WEIGHT LOSS TEMPERATURES;

ALUMINUM;

HYDROXIDE; HYDROXIDE ION; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYETHYLENE;

CHEMISTRY; HEAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROXIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84898467148     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500265a     Document Type: Article

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