Characterization of commercial expandable graphite fire retardants

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 584, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-16

  Focke, Walter Wilhelm ^a   Badenhorst, Heinrich ^a   Mhike, Washington ^a   Kruger, Hermanus Joachim ^a   Lombaard, Dewan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Exfoliation; Expandable graphite; Graphite intercalation compound; Graphite oxide; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

EXFOLIATION (MATERIALS SCIENCE); GRAPHENE OXIDE; INTERCALATION; INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; EXFOLIATION; EXPANDABLE GRAPHITE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHITE OXIDE; ONSET TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SULFUR ATOMIC RATIO;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 84899093582     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2014.03.021     Document Type: Article

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