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  • Flame Retardancy of Rigid Polyurethane Foam According to Particle Size and Expansion Rate of Expandable Graphite

  • Jin Kim and Sang-Bum Kim†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyonggi Unviersity, 154-42, Gwanggyosan-ro, Yeontong-gu, Suwon 16227, Korea

  • 팽창흑연의 입자크기 및 팽창률에 따른 경질 폴리우레탄 폼의 난연성

  • 김 진 · 김상범†

  • 경기대학교 화학공학과

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  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2022 Impact Factor : 0.4
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This Article

  • 2023; 47(4): 540-546

    Published online Jul 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.4.540
  • Received on May 12, 2023
  • Revised on May 23, 2023
  • Accepted on May 23, 2023

Correspondence to

  • Sang-Bum Kim

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyonggi Unviersity, 154-42, Gwanggyosan-ro, Yeontong-gu, Suwon 16227, Korea

  • E-mail: ksb@kyonggi.ac.kr