A study was conducted to improve the thermal stability, fire retardant (FR)\rproperties and rheological properties of ethy-lene vinyl acetate because of\rits growing use in commercial applications. The approach employed\rwas to modify an organo-clay, Closite 20A (C20A), with transition metal\rions (TMI). In this study eight transition metal salts were acquired for\rmodification. It was observed that all TMI modified organoclay\rnanocomposites improved thermal stability through thermo-gravimetric\ranalysis (TGA). Rheological testing was done using a parallel plate\rmeasuring system (PP MS) to determine the dependence of storage\rmodulus and loss modulus of copper and iron modified organoclay\rnanocomposites relative to pure EVA 350. The process of gelation was\ralso tested for by calculating the ratio between the loss modulus and the\rstorage modulus. It was found that copper modified organoclay\rnanocomposites promoted gelation and thus decreased the fluidity of\rEVA 350. The intercalation of the TMI modified organoclays with the\rpolymer matrix was determined by the use of small angle X-ray\rscattering (SAXS). Testing revealed that the intercalation was\rsuccessful, further proving that the TMIs had improved thermal stability,\rFR properties and rheological properties,
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