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One-pot synthesis of a novel s-triazine-based hyperbranched charring foaming agent and its enhancement on flame retardancy and water resistance of polypropylene.
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Polymer Degradation & Stability . Dec2014, Vol. 110, p165-174. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- A novel hyperbranched charring foaming agent (HCFA), successfully prepared via an A 2 B 3 approach with about 97% yield, was combined with ammonium polyphosphate (APP) to flame-retard polypropylene (PP) at a 30 wt% loading. The results of thermogravimetric analyses of various PP samples in air and nitrogen showed that the HCFA/APP system could effectively improve the thermal and thermal-oxidative stabilities of the char residues. And PP3 with a 3/1 mass ratio of APP to HCFA left the highest amount of char residue at 800 °C. The studies of their flammability revealed that the addition of HCFA can make great contribution to the increase of the limiting oxygen index and the UL-94 V0 rating, and the decrease of the heat release rate (HRR) and fire growth index (FGI) of PP/APP/HCFA composites relative to PP with 30 wt% APP. The investigation of their water resistance demonstrated that the PP composites with a mass ratio of APP to HCFA being between 3:1 and 1:1 still obtained a UL-94 V-0 rating after 168 h soaking in hot water, due to the delayed migration of intumescent flame retardant from the complexation between hydrophilic APP and hydrophobic HCFA. Besides, their mechanical properties were also investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01413910
- Volume :
- 110
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Polymer Degradation & Stability
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99699861
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.08.019