Thermal properties and flame retardancy of polyglycidyloxypropyl silsesquioxane/layered titanate nanocomposites |
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Authors: | Miyuki Harada Shuichi Minamigawa Mitsukazu Ochi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, Suita‐shi, Osaka 564‐8680, Japan |
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Abstract: | Polyglycidyloxypropyl silsesquioxane, which has an excellent heat resistance, was combined with sheet‐like and spherical titanate as nano‐fillers. The burning property of the composites was related to the shape of the dispersed titanate. A burning test was carried out according to the UL‐94 test method. As a result, though the test specimen burned from one end to the other in the spherical titanate filled composite system, a fire extinguishing property was observed in the sheet‐like titanate filled composite system. The extinguishing time of the latter system classified V‐0 in the specification test. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008 |
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Keywords: | thermosets nanocomposites thermal properties fillers high performance polymers |
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