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- Title
The flame retardant and thermal performances of polypropylene with a novel intumescent flame retardant.
- Authors
Qi, Hongsheng; Liu, Sawen; Chen, Xiuling; Shen, Chunhui; Gao, Shanjun
- Abstract
A novel mono‐component intumescent flame retardant(m‐IFR), called poly‐(spirocyclic pentaerythritol bisphosphonate‐1,3,5‐triazine‐O‐bicyclic pentaerythritol phosphate) (PSTBP) was synthesized and characterized. PSTBP was used in polypropylene (PP) to obtain PP/PSTBP mixture whose flame retardancy, thermostability, and water resistance were studied by limiting oxygen index (LOI), vertical burning test (UL‐94 V) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). In addition, flame‐retardant mechanism of the PSTBP was investigated. The results showed that the residue of PSTBP reached 34.58% at 800°C and the volume of the PSTBP increased by dozens of times. When the content of PSTBP was 30.0 wt%, the PP/PSTBP mixture could achieve an LOI value of 32.5% and an UL‐94 V‐0 rating. Compared with PP/APP/PER system, PP/PSTBP mixture showed better water resistance. The TGA and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) results showed that PSTBP could generate free radicals and capture the free radicals of the thermal decomposition of PP, and form a dense, strong, and thick intumescent char on the substrate, thus effectively retard the degradation and combustion of PP.
- Subjects
FIREPROOFING agents; FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy; FREE radicals; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; POLYPROPYLENE
- Publication
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2020, Vol 137, Issue 36, p1
- ISSN
0021-8995
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/app.49047