Volume 19, Issue 6 pp. 485-488
Research Article

Organoclays as flame retardants for PVC

Günter Beyer

Corresponding Author

Günter Beyer

Kabelwerk EUPEN AG, B-4700 Eupen, Belgium

Kabelwerk EUPEN AG, B-4700 Eupen, Belgium.Search for more papers by this author
First published: 14 April 2008
Citations: 16

Abstract

Peak heat release reduction is lower for plasticized PVC composites containing a modified montmorillonite compared to those formulated with the hectorite. One possible explanation is that the char of the sample containing the modified montmorillonite was less cracked. Both clays initiate accelerated HCl release from PVC resulting in unwanted color changes of the compounds. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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