@article{ref1,
title="Development of heat shrinkable and flame-retardant EVA/CSM blends",
journal="Fire and materials",
year="2001",
author="Chowdhury, SR and Das, C. K.",
volume="25",
number="5",
pages="199-202",
abstract="A plastic (EVA) was blended with elastomer (CSM) with and without curatives. The elastomer phase (amorphous) contributed markedly to the shrinkability and most important is, took up a major amount of additive flame-retarding agent thus not affecting much the heat shrinkability of the plastic i.e. as a whole the blend. When the elastomer phase was crosslinked the flame-retardancy, due to a reduction of combustible volatile product, was increased. Additive flame-retardants hamper the heat-shrinkability of the blend to some extent depending on various factors such as blend composition, temperature, curing etc. The depression of shrinkability in the presence of flame-retarding agent was less for the cured sample and elastomer-rich blend compared with the uncured and plastic-rich blend, respectively. It was found that with an increase in the cure time and elastomer content the shrinkabitity as well as flame-retardancy was increased. At high temperature the sacrifice of the shrinkability in the presence of flame-retardants increased, for a particular blend. The shrinkability and flame-retardancy of a cured sample was higher than that of an uncured sample. The highest flame-retardancy was obtained in the presence of Sb2O3/ Chlorohor.<p />",
language="",
issn="0308-0501",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}