- Author
- Zhang, J. | Hereid, J. | Hagen, M. | Bakirtzis, D. | Delichatsios, M. A. | Fina, A. | Castrovinci, A. | Camino, G. | Samyn, F. | Bourbigot, S.
- Title
- Effects of Nanoclay and Fire Retardants on Fire Retardancy of a Polymer Blend of EVA and LDPE.
- Coporate
- Ulster Univ., Newtownabbey, BT37 0QB, UK Politecnico di Torino, 15100 Alessandria, Italy Procédés d'Elaboration de Revêtements Fonctionnels (PERF), 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 156, No. 5, 504-513, May 2009
- Keywords
- nanoclay | fire retardants | acetates | polyethylenes | thermogravimetric analysis | cone calorimeters | temperature | pyrolysis | physical properties | heating | heat release rate | ignition time | mass loss | smoke production | carbon monoxide | heat flux | thermal properties
- Identifiers
- nanocomposites; organoclay; average physical properties of the cone samples and compositions of all the formulations; NMR proton longitudinal relaxation time results; onset degradation temperature (5% mass loss) and the residues after the tests in air and nitrogen; deduced effective thermal properties of PB/NC used in the numerical model