Flame-retardancy properties of intumescent ammonium poly(phosphate) and mineral filler magnesium hydroxide in combination with graphene

Polymers

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2875-2895

  Dittrich, Bettina ^a   Wartig, Karen Alessa ^b   Mülhaupt, Rolf ^b   Schartel, Bernhard ^a  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium polyphosphate; Graphene; Intumescence; Magnesium hydroxide; Polypropylene; Synergy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAPHENE; MAGNESIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; YIELD STRESS;

AMMONIUM POLYPHOSPHATES; INTUMESCENCE; INTUMESCENT SYSTEMS; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; REDUCED GRAPHITE OXIDES; RETARDING SYSTEMS; SMALL CONCENTRATION; SYNERGY;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 84921019438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym6112875     Document Type: Article

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