- Author
- Nyambo, C. | Kandare, E. | Wang, D. | Wilkie, C. A.
- Title
- Flame-Retarded Polystyrene: Investigating Chemical Interactions Betwen Ammonium Polyphosphate and MgAl Layered Double Hydroxide.
- Coporate
- Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI Bolton Univ., BL3 5AB, UK Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
- Journal
- Polymer Degradation and Stability, Vol. 93, No. 9, 1656-1663, September 2008
- Keywords
- polystyrene | ammonium polyphosphate | hydroxide | flame retardants | composite materials | x-ray diffraction | thermal stability | temperature | thermogravimetric analysis | stabilization | heat release rate | flammability | cone calorimeters
- Identifiers
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM); layered double hydroxide; composition of polystyrene composites; infrared and x-ray diffraction analysis; characterization of MgAl-LDH and its PS composites; thermal stability of MgAl-LDH, APP and their PS composites; TGA data for polystyrene and its composites; cone calorimetry data for PS composites at 35 kW m?2