Flame retarded poly(lactic acid) using POSS-modified cellulose. 2. Effects of intumescing flame retardant formulations on polymer degradation and composite physical properties

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-62

  Fox, Douglas M ^a,b   Novy, Melissa ^a   Brown, Karlena ^a   Zammarano, Mauro ^a,b   Harris, Richard H ^b   Murariu, Marius ^c   McCarthy, Edward D ^b   Seppala, Jonathan E ^b   Gilman, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Crystallinity; Melt rheology; Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane; Polylactide; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CROSSLINKING; ELASTICITY; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLASS TRANSITION; LACTIC ACID; VISCOSITY;

CELLULOSE FIBER; CRISTALLINITY; CROSSLINKED NETWORKS; FLAME-RETARDED; MELT RHEOLOGY; MODIFIED CELLULOSE; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLY LACTIDE; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; POLYMER DEGRADATION;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84902549375     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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