A review of recent developments in flammability of polymer nanocomposites

Reviews in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-177

  Idumah, Christopher Igwe ^a   Hassan, Azman ^a   Affam, Augustine Chioma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

environmental degradation; flammability; flammability parameters; nanofillers; polymer nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CORROSION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HALOGENATION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CUTTING; SMOKE; WEATHERING;

EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; FLAMMABILITY PARAMETERS; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); LIMITING OXYGEN INDEX; NANO-FILLERS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SMOKE PRODUCTION RATE;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84927926978     PISSN: 01678299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revce-2014-0038     Document Type: Review

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