Graphitic carbon nitride/phosphorus-rich aluminum phosphinates hybrids as smoke suppressants and flame retardants for polystyrene

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 332, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-96

  Shi, Yongqian ^a,b   Yu, Bin ^b,c   Duan, Lijin ^b   Gui, Zhou ^b   Wang, Bibo ^b   Hu, Yuan ^b   Yuen, Richard K K ^d  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Composites; Flame retardancy; Graphitic carbon nitride; Smoke suppression

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BLENDING; CARBON NITRIDE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FREE RADICALS; NITRIDES; POLYSTYRENES; SMOKE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FLAME RETARDANCY; GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES; HEAT RELEASE RATE (HRR); MELT-BLENDING METHODS; PROPERTIES IMPROVEMENTS; SMOKE SUPPRESSION; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; VOLATILE DEGRADATION PRODUCTS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

ALUMINUM; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; FLAME RETARDANT; FREE RADICAL; GRAPHITE; NANOSHEET; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHORUS; POLYSTYRENE;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPOSITE; DEGRADATION; FLAME RETARDANT; FREE RADICAL; GRAPHITE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; REDUCTION; SMOKE; TESTING METHOD; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTERIFICATION; GAS; HEAT; HYBRID; PYROLYSIS; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); SMOKE; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 85014823881     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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