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Clays basal spacings effect on fire retardancy of polymers by TG/DTA

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In this study, poly (ethylene-co-butyl acrylate, EBA-30) samples containing an intumescent formulation of ammonium polyphosphate and pentaerythritol and clays of different basal spacings had their flame retardant properties evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis, differential thermal analysis, and heating microscopy. Samples without polymeric matrix were also analyzed to observe possible interactions between the clays and the intumescent formulation. Thermal Analyses revealed that the basal spacings of the clays strongly influence their synergistic effect with the intumescent formulation studied.

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  1. Instituto de Química—DQO, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Simone Pereira da Silva Ribeiro & Regina Sandra Veiga Nascimento

  2. Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis—ANP, SCM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Luciana Rocha de Moura Estevão

  3. Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

    Csaba Novák

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da Silva Ribeiro, S.P., de Moura Estevão, L.R., Novák, C. et al. Clays basal spacings effect on fire retardancy of polymers by TG/DTA. J Therm Anal Calorim 106, 535–539 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-011-1540-7

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