Intumescence and Nanocomposites a Novel Route for Flame-Retarding Polymeric Materials

INTUMESCENCE AND NANOCOMPOSITES A NOVEL ROUTE FOR FLAME-RETARDING POLYMERIC MATERIALS 

Laboratoire Proc dds d Elaboration des Revetements Fonctionnels, LSPES UMR/CNRS 8008, Ecole Nationale Supdrieure de Chimie de Lille, Vtlleneuve d Ascq Cedex, France 

Demand for designing materials with novel functionalities and also to be multifunctional is growing for many applications. They should possess unique 

Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites, edited by Alexander B. Morgan and Charles A. WrUde Copyright 2007 John WUey Sons, Inc. 

TABLE 6.1 LOI Values of PP-Based Intumescent Systems Compared to Virgin PP 

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S. Bourbigot and S. Duquesne, Intumescence and nanocomposites A novel route for flame-retarding polymeric materials, in Flame Retardant Polymer Nanocomposites, A.B. Morgan and C.A. Wilkie (Eds.), Wiley Interscience, Hoboken, NJ, 2007, pp. 131-162. 

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