Sandwichlike Coating Consisting of Alternating Montmorillonite and β-FeOOH for Reducing the Fire Hazard of Flexible Polyurethane Foam

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3214-3223

  Wang, Wei ^a   Pan, Haifeng ^a   Shi, Yongqian ^a   Yu, Bin ^a   Pan, Ying ^a   Liew, Kim Meow ^a,b   Song, Lei ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fire hazard; Layer by layer assembly; Mechanism; Montmorillonite; FeOOH nanorods

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; COATINGS; FIRE HAZARDS; HAZARDS; MECHANISMS; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; POLYURETHANES;

FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANES; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY TECHNIQUE; MONTMORILLONITE (MMT); MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PEAK HEAT RELEASE RATES; POLYETHYLENIMINES; VOLATILE PRODUCTS;

NETWORK LAYERS;

EID: 84949034503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00805     Document Type: Article

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