Fechter, Reinhard Heinrich(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The thermal stability, fire retardancy and basic mechanical properties, as a function of the mass fractions of the poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) compound ingredients, can be modelled using 2nd order Scheffé polynomials. The ...
Fechter, Reinhard Heinrich; Sandrock, Carl; Kuhnert, Ines; Labuschagne, F.J.W.J. (Frederick Johannes Willem Jacobus)(Wiley, 2019-01)
Developments by Labuschagné et al. (Patent, WO 2006/123284 A2, 2006) in the manufacture of Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) have led to a patent describing a new effluent free synthesis method. A promising application for ...
Fechter, Reinhard Heinrich; Kuhnert, Ines; Sandrock, Carl; Labuschagne, F.J.W.J. (Frederick Johannes Willem Jacobus)(American Institute of Physics, 2019-01)
Polymer compounds are complex systems that typically involve many additives that tend to interact with each other. The system is further complicated by the fact that the additives tend to have an effect on multiple material ...
Fechter, Reinhard Heinrich; Sandrock, Carl; Labuschagne, F.J.W.J. (Frederick Johannes Willem Jacobus)(De Gruyter, 2018-04)
A novel method for simulating the torque and temperature curves from a torque rheometer thermal stability test
on poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) was developed. A mathematical model was proposed which combines the chemical
kinetics ...
