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Fire Retardant Halogen-Antimony-Clay Synergism In Polypropylene Layered Silicate Nanocomposites, Marco Zanetti, Giovanni Camino, Domenico Canavese, Alexander B. Morgan, Frank K. Lamelas, Charles A. Wilkie
Fire Retardant Halogen-Antimony-Clay Synergism In Polypropylene Layered Silicate Nanocomposites, Marco Zanetti, Giovanni Camino, Domenico Canavese, Alexander B. Morgan, Frank K. Lamelas, Charles A. Wilkie
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Nanocomposites of polypropylene-graft-maleic anhydride with organically modified clays have been prepared and characterized by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Their combustion behavior has been evaluated using oxygen consumption cone calorimetry. Synergy is observed between the nanocomposite formed and conventional vapor phase fire retardants, such as the combination of decabromodiphenyloxide and antimony oxide. The presence of bromine and antimony does not affect the heat release rate curves of the virgin polymer.