Flame‐retardant and smoke‐suppressant properties of zinc borate and aluminum trihydrate‐filled rigid PVC

The effects of zinc borate (ZB), aluminum trihydrate (ATH), and their mixture on the flame‐retardant and smoke‐suppressant properties of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) as well as their mechanism for flame retardancy and smoke suppression were studied through the limiting oxygen index (LOI) test, smoke density test, TGA, GC–MS, and SEM. The results show that incorporation of a small amount of ZB, ATH, and their mixture can greatly increase the LOI of PVC and reduce the smoke density of PVC during combustion. The mixture of ZB with ATH has a good synergistic effect on the flame retardance and smoke suppression of PVC. TGA and GC–MS analyses results show that incorporation of a small amount of ZB, ATH, and their mixture greatly promotes the char formation of PVC and decreases the amount of hazardous gases such as benzene and toluene released in PVC during combustion. Their mechanism is also proposed. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 77: 3119–3127, 2000     

纳米α–Fe_2O_3协同膨胀阻燃EP材料的阻燃和抑烟性能

使用原位聚合的方法制备含α–Fe_2O_3的磷酸季戊四醇三聚氰胺盐(PPMS–Fe_2O_3),并对其结构和性能进行表征。利用傅立叶变换红外光谱、热重分析(TG)、锥形量热仪测试和烟密度实验研究PPMS–Fe_2O_3对EP树脂阻燃和抑烟性能的影响。结果表明:PPMS–Fe_2O_3的阻燃和抑烟效果随纳米α–Fe_2O_3增加呈现先增加后降低的趋势,其中PPMS–5%Fe2O3试样的阻燃及抑烟性能最佳。此外,相同添加量下的PPMS–Fe_2O_3纳米复合材料相比于PPMS与纳米α–Fe_2O_3的物理共混物具有更好的阻燃和抑烟效率。TG分析表明,添加适量的纳米α–Fe_2O_3能显著提高PPMS在EP树脂中的热稳定性和成炭性能,其中PPMS–5%Fe_2O_3阻燃EP树脂的热稳定性和成炭能力最佳。炭层分析表明,α–Fe_2O_3在燃烧过程中能促进形成更多的P—N—C和P—O—C网状交联结构,以增强炭层致密性,进而达到较好的协效阻燃和抑烟作用。     

阻燃剂对热固性酚醛树脂阻燃性能影响的研究

通过氧指数、垂直燃烧等级及产烟率测定研究了氢氧化铝(ATH)、氢氧化镁(MH)、膨胀石墨(EG)、膨胀型阻燃剂(IFR)等以单一或协同复配的形式对酚醛树脂(PF)体系阻燃性能的影响,并采用差热分析(DTA)对体系的微观热行为进行了研究。结果表明,放热量最小的体系为ATH/MH/EG/PF,ATH/MH/EG/IFR/PF体系的氧指数最大,达到96。ATH/MH/PF体系的产烟率最低(72%)。添加阻燃剂后,体系的垂直燃烧等级可提高到UL94V-0级。     

Flame‐retardant cyanate ester resin with suppressed toxic volatiles based on environmentally friendly halloysite nanotube/graphene oxide hybrid

Development of high‐performance thermosetting resins by adding environmentally friendly flame retardant to heat‐resistant resins without deteriorating their outstanding thermal stability is an important research direction. Here, a unique hybrid (GHNT) consisting of graphene oxide (GO) and halloysite nanotubes (HNT) was synthesized, and then a series of composites based on cyanate ester (CE) resin were fabricated. The effects of GHNT on the heat resistance, flame retardancy, and smoke suppression of GHNT/CE composites were intensively investigated. The GHNT/CE composite with 5.0 wt % GHNT not only has about 15.1 °C higher initial degradation temperature, but also shows 54.6% or 37.9% lower peak heat release rate or maximum smoke density than CE resin. These results clearly demonstrate that GHNT is not the simple combination of GO and HNT; instead, it obviously shows positive synergistic effects in simultaneously improving the flame retardancy and thermal resistance of CE resin. The improved flame retardancy could be attributed to condensed‐phase mechanisms, including increasing char yield, building a dense char layer, and free radical scavenging. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2018 , 135, 46587.     

Synergistic effect between zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 and expandable graphite to improve the flame retardancy and smoke suppression of polyurethane elastomer

Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) was synthesized at room temperature, and then added with expandable graphite (EG) to polyurethane elastomer (PUE) to study their flame retardancy and smoke suppression of PUE. The results showed that when the total flame retardant was 3 wt % and the ratio of ZIF-8 and EG was 1:3, it had the best effect on the flame retardancy and smoke suppression of PUE. Compared with pure PUE, the peak heat release rate, the total heat release, and the maximum smoke density values of Z1E3 decreased by 83.4, 42.6, and 22.4%, respectively. Moreover, the limited oxygen index value of Z1E3 increased to 30.2% and its UL-94 vertical burning test reached V-1 rating. This was because ZIF-8 synergized with EG to make the intumescent char layer compact, resulting in improved flame retardancy and smoke suppression of PUE. The specific mechanism of flame retardancy and smoke suppression is also discussed in this article. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020 , 137, 48048.     

Synergistic effects between red phosphorus and alumina trihydrate in flame retardant silicone rubber composites

Abstract

The synergistic flame retardant effects between red phosphorus (RP) and alumina trihydrate (ATH) in silicone rubber (SR) composites were evaluated using limiting oxygen index, UL 94 rating, cone calorimeter, thermogravimetric analysis and digital photographs. It has been found that the SR composite containing only ATH does not show good flame retardancy at 39·0 wt-% loading. The cone calorimeter results showed that the heat release rate, mass loss rate, mass and total heat release of SR/ATH/RP composites decrease greatly in comparison with the SR/ATH composites. The digital photographs demonstrated that 1·0 wt-%RP could promote the formation of the homogenous and compact char layer. Thus, a suitable amount of RP has a synergistic effect with ATH in the flame retardant SR composite system.     

Polyurethane coatings based on linseed oil phosphate ester polyols with intumescent flame retardants

The effect of intumescent flame retardants on the properties of polyurethane (PU) coatings based on 2 kinds of phosphate ester polyol was studied. Synthesizing polyols, phosphorylation of epoxidized linseed oil with phosphoric acid was performed in the presence of isopropyl alcohol (IPA polyol) or diethylene glycol butyl ether (DGBE polyol). The obtained polyols were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and ³¹P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The properties of neat PU coatings based on 2 polyols and those filled with different content (up to 25 wt%) of melamine (Mel), ammonium polyphosphate (APP), and expandable graphite (EG) were studied using thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and tensile and cone calorimeter tests. It was found that IPA polyol contained not only phosphate monoesters and diesters, as DGBE polyol, but also phosphate triester and pyrophosphate monoester. Due to this difference, IPA neat and filled coatings had higher tensile characteristics and char residue in a TGA test. Also, the flame retardancy of IPA coatings, compared with that of DGBE coatings, was higher. In a cone calorimeter test, coatings filled with Mel showed a small increase of flame retardancy, but the total smoke release (TSR) of wood samples with coatings decreased noticeably. The effect of APP on the flame retardancy of coatings was higher, but in contrast, the TSR of samples increased with increasing APP content. Even greater decrease of flammability parameters and a simultaneous significant decrease of TSR were shown by the samples with IPA coatings filled with EG.     

氧化铋对环状膦酸酯阻燃棉织物的协效阻燃抑烟作用

通过阻燃性能测试、热重分析、锥形量热分析等研究手段,考察了氧化铋对环状膦酸酯阻燃棉织物的阻燃抑烟协效作用。结果发现,在阻燃整理剂中添加0.4 g/L的氧化铋,可以使阻燃棉布的极限氧指数从43%提高到52%;损毁炭长缩短到5 cm,垂直燃烧达到B1级;而对断裂强度影响不大。热重分析表明,氧化铋的加入进一步降低了阻燃棉织物的初始分解温度和最大热解速率,500℃时的成炭量有所增加;扫描电镜显示,添加氧化铋后,棉织物燃烧成炭更致密;氧化铋具有明显的抗燃烧变形能力;锥形量热测试表明,氧化铋的添加不仅降低了阻燃棉织物的总热释放速率,而且使阻燃棉织物的总烟释放量降低了60%。     

酚醛在丙烯酸树脂防火改性中的应用

以酚醛树脂为主防火剂、胺类为协效剂,研究了其种类、用量对丙烯酸树脂防火性能的影响,采用锥形量热仪和热重分析仪对酚醛改性丙烯酸树脂的燃烧性能和热稳定性进行了测试,并对燃烧后的炭层结构进行了电镜分析。结果表明,硼酚醛树脂能显著提高丙烯酸树脂的防火性能,硅酸铝、六次甲基四胺具有有良好的协效作用;当丙烯酸树脂与硼酚醛树脂质量比为50:50,硅酸铝质量分数为7%,六次甲基四胺为2%时,改性树脂耐燃时间达到39min,点燃时间(TTI)及热释放速率峰值出现时间明显延长,热释放速率明显降低,800℃时残炭率为45%,热稳定性明显提高,燃烧烧后形成了表面为致密网状、断面为微细泡孔状的炭层结构,防火性能提高。     

Study on char reinforcing of different inorganic fillers for expandable fire resistance silicone rubber

Sodium silicate monohydrate (NSH), glass frits (GF) and aluminum hydroxide (ATH) were incorporated into room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber (SR) as char reinforcing materials to improve the fire resistance of intumescent flame retardant silicone rubber. SR composites containing only intumescent flame retardant such as phosphorus nitrogen composite flame retardant (NH₂-C) and expandable graphite (EG) were used as comparison samples. Limiting oxygen index (LOI) test, vertical burning test (UL-94), flame resistance test, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction spectroscopy tests, as well as volume variation and compression strength of char residues were used to discuss the effects of the above-mentioned fillers on the fire resistance, char residue strength and char integrity of SR composites. The results showed that SR composite filled with only intumescent flame retardants EG and NH₂-C had excellent flame retardancy. After adding ATH, the char residue was relatively dense and had good compressive strength, but its thermal insulation performance was reduced. GF or NSH reduced the flame retardancy of SR composites, but it obviously played a role in binding combustion residues, forming new crystals and improving the stability of char residues.     

Synthesis of a novel cross‐linked organophosphorus‐nitrogen containing polymer and its application in flame retardant epoxy resins

A novel cross‐linked organophosphorus–nitrogen polymetric flame retardant additive poly(urea tetramethylene phosphonium sulfate) defined as PUTMPS was synthesized by the condensation polymerization between urea and tetrahydroxymethyl phosphonium sulfate. Its chemical structure was well characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ¹³C and ³¹P solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance. The synthesized PUTMPS and curing agent m‐phenylenediamine were blended into epoxy resins to prepare flame retardant epoxy resin thermosets. The effects of PUTMPS on fire retardancy and thermal degradation behavior of EP/PUTMPS thermosets were investigated by limiting oxygen index (LOI), vertical burning test (UL‐94), cone calorimeter measurement, and thermalgravimetric analysis (TGA) tests. The surface morphologies and chemical compositions of char residues for cured epoxy resins were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. Water resistant properties of epoxy resin thermosets were evaluated by putting the samples into distilled water at 70°C for 168 h. The results demonstrated that the EP/12 wt% PUTMPS thermosets successfully passed UL‐94 V‐0 flammability rating and the LOI value reached 31.3%. The TGA results indicated that the incorporation of PUTMPS promoted epoxy resin matrix decomposed and char forming ahead of time, which led to a higher char yield and thermal stability for epoxy resin thermosets at high temperature. The morphological structures and analysis of XPS for the char residues of the epoxy resin thermosets shown that PUTMPS benefited to the formation of a sufficient, more compact, and homogeneous char layer with rich flame retardant elements on the materials surface during burning, which prevented the heat transmission and diffusion, limited the production of combustible gases, inhibited the emission of smoke, and then led to the reduction of the heat release rate and smoke produce rate. After water resistance tests, EP/12 wt% PUTMPS thermosets still remained excellent flame retardancy. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

壳聚糖/聚磷酸铵膨胀阻燃PP的阻燃及抑烟性能

为了提高聚丙烯(PP)的阻燃和抑烟性能,将壳聚糖(CS)作为膨胀型阻燃剂的碳源、聚磷酸铵(APP)作为膨胀型阻燃剂的酸源和气源,在此基础上通过熔融共混的方法制备了PP/CS/APP复合材料。采用极限氧指数仪、锥形量热仪等仪器研究了PP/CS/APP复合材料的的抑烟性及阻燃性。研究结果表明:CS/APP添加量为30%时,复合材料的极限氧指数值最大可达28.1%;且复合材料在烟气释放总量、CO和CO_2排放上明显降低,抑烟性得到了提升;热释放速率峰值、平均热释放速率值、平均有效燃烧热值、总热释放量值降低,成炭率升高,PP/CS/APP复合材料更难点燃;火灾性能指数明显提高,阻燃性能得到了大幅度提升,火灾蔓延指数显著减小,同时火灾危险性也相应降低。     

Synergistic effect of aluminum hydroxide and nanoclay on flame retardancy and mechanical properties of EPDM composites

The composites based on ethylene–propylene–diene monomer rubber (EPDM) with aluminum hydroxide (ATH), nanoclay, vulcanizing agent, and curing accelerator were prepared by conventional mill compounding method. The thermal stability and the flame retardant properties were evaluated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), limiting oxygen index (LOI), UL‐94 test, cone calorimeter, and smoke density chamber tests. The results indicated that the substitution of the nanoclay in the EPDM/ATH composites increased the 50% weight loss temperature and the LOI value, and reduced the peak heat release rate (pk‐HRR), the extinction coefficient (Ext Coef), the maximal smoke density (Dm), and the whole smoke at the first 4 min (VOF4) of the test specimens. The synergistic flame retardancy of the nanoclay with ATH in EPDM matrix could imply that the formation of a reinforced char/nanoclay layer during combustion prevents the diffusion of the oxygen and the decomposed organic volatiles in the flame. The mechanical properties of the composites have been increased by replacing more of the nanoclays into the EPDM/ATH blends. The best loading of the nanoclay in EPDM/ATH composites is 3 wt %, which keeps LOI in the enough value, the V‐0 rating in the UL‐94 test, and the improved mechanical properties with better dispersion and exfoliation of the nanoclays shown by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 130: 2042–2048, 2013     

Preparation and flame retardancy of a novel flame‐retardant poly(ethylene‐co‐vinyl acetate)/aluminum hydroxide composites containing phosphorus

A novel flame‐retardant (SPDH) containing phosphorus was synthesized through the reaction of 10‐(2,5‐dihydroxyphenyl)‐9,10‐dihydro‐9‐oxa‐10‐phosphaphenanthrene‐10‐oxide and synthesized intermediate product 3,9‐dichloro‐2,4,8,10‐tetraoxa‐3,9‐diphosphaspiro[5.5] undecane‐3,9‐dioxide, which was used for optimizing the flame retardancy of ethylene‐vinyl acetate copolymer (EVM) rubber/aluminum hydroxide (ATH) composites. The microstructure of SPDH was characterized and determined by Fourier transform infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed that SPDH had good charring effect at high temperature (600°C). The flame retardancy of the optimized EVM/ATH composites by SPDH was investigated by limiting oxygen index (LOI), cone calorimeter, and UL‐94 vertical burning tests. A higher LOI value (29.8%) and better UL‐94 rating (V‐0) can be achieved for the optimized EVM/ATH composite (EVM‐7) than EVM/ATH composite without SPDH (EVM‐3) with the total loading of additives. The heat release rate decreased and residual mass increased gradually as the loading of SPDH increased for the optimized EVM/ATH composites. There existed distinct synergistic flame‐retardant effect between SPDH and ATH in EVM matrix. POLYM. COMPOS., 2011. © 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers     

Synergistic flame retardant effects of activated carbon and molybdenum oxide in poly(vinyl chloride)

The synergistic effects of activated carbon (AC) and molybdenum oxide (MoO₃) in improving the flame retardancy of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) were investigated. The effects of AC, MoO₃ and their mixture with a mass ratio of 1:1 on the flame retardancy and smoke suppression properties of PVC were studied using the limiting oxygen index and cone calorimeter tests. It was found that the flame retardancy of the relatively cheaper AC was slightly weaker than that of MoO₃. In addition, the incorporation of AC and MoO₃ greatly reduced the total heat release and improved smoke suppressant property of PVC composites. When the total content of AC and MoO₃ was 10 phr, PVC/AC/MoO₃ had the lowest peak heat release rate and peak smoke production rate values of 173.80 kW m^?2 and 0.1472 m² s^?1, which represented reductions of 47.3 and 59.9%, respectively, compared with those of PVC. Furthermore, thermogravimetric analysis and gel content tests were used to analyze the flame retardant mechanism of AC and MoO₃, with results showing that AC could promote early crosslinking in PVC. Char residue left after heating at 500 °C was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy, and the results showed that MoO₃ produced the most compact char, with the smallest and most organized carbonaceous microstructures. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry     

四元复合体系在硬质聚氨酯泡沫材料中的逐级释放阻燃行为研究

以甲基膦酸二甲酯（DMMP）、10-（2,5-二羟基甲苯）-10-氢-9-氧杂-10-磷酰杂菲-10-氧化物（DOPO-HQ）、可膨胀石墨（EG）和氢氧化铝（ATH）构建了四元阻燃复合体系,并通过热失重分析仪（TG）、锥形量热仪、极限氧指数分析仪等研究了其在硬质聚氨酯泡沫（RPUF）中的阻燃行为。结果表明,四元阻燃体系能够在较宽温度区间内发挥逐级释放的协同阻燃效应;DOPO-HQ能够与EG/DMMP/ATH三元阻燃体系形成加合阻燃效应,使得RPUF复合材料的极限氧指数（LOI）提升至30.8%;与采用EG/DMMP/ATH三元阻燃体系的RPUF复合材料相比,采用加入DOPO-HQ的四元阻燃体系的RPUF复合材料的热释放速率峰值（PHRR）、总热释放量（THR）、总烟释放量（TSR）均有所下降,残炭率得到了进一步提升,说明DOPO-HQ与EG/DMMP/ATH所构建的四元阻燃体系在成炭性方面具有协同效应;此外,通过扫描电子显微镜（SEM）对残炭进行表征,验证了四元阻燃体系在凝聚相中能够发挥优异的成炭阻隔效应,并能够在燃烧的初期、中期和末期发挥逐级释放阻燃效应。     

新型低烟无卤阻燃电缆料的制备及表征

研究了以磷酸三甲苯酯(TCP)、水滑石(LDHs)、氢氧化铝(ATH)复配得到的复合阻燃剂对乙烯-醋酸乙烯酯共聚物(EVM:AV含量大于40%)性能的影响。分别通过氧指数、水平燃烧和拉伸性能测试考察了TCP/LDHs/ATH/EVM复合材料的阻燃性能和力学性能。结果表明,当TCP/LDHs/ATH/EVA为20/35/35/100(质量份数)时,复合材料的极限氧指数(LOI)达到35.2,阻燃级别为FH-1;断裂伸长率达到280%,拉伸强度达到11.0MPa。此复合材料可用于制造阻燃电缆。     

壳聚糖/ZIF⁃67杂化物的制备及其对环氧树脂阻燃抑烟性能的影响

为了提高环氧树脂（EP）的阻燃抑烟性能,采用共沉淀法将类沸石咪唑酯骨架材料ZIF⁃67负载到壳聚糖（CS）表面,通过傅里叶红外光谱（FTIR）、X射线衍射（XRD）和扫描电子显微镜 （SEM）对其结构和形貌进行分析,结果表明杂化物CS⁃ZIF⁃67成功制备。将不同比例的CS⁃ZIF⁃67添加到EP中,研究其对EP阻燃抑烟性能的影响。结果表明,与纯的EP相比,CS⁃ZIF⁃67的加入可以提高EP复合材料的垂直燃烧UL 94等级和极限氧指数（LOI）、降低EP复合材料的热释放速率（HRR）和烟释放速率（SPR）,提高复合材料燃烧后的残炭量,CS⁃ZIF⁃67的加入可以有效提高EP的阻燃抑烟性能。对EP复合材料燃烧后的残炭进行SEM和Laman光谱分析。结果表明,CS⁃ZIF⁃67的加入,使得残炭的石墨化程度提高,EP燃烧时能形成更加致密的炭层,从而起到阻燃抑烟的作用。     

复合型阻燃剂对聚氯乙烯的阻燃抑烟作用研究

采用微胶囊红磷（MRP）、硼酸锌（ZnBO3）、氢氧化铝(ATH)和氢氧化镁(MH)进行复配对软质聚氯乙烯（PVC）进行阻燃处理,通过极限氧指数、热失重、锥形量热方法研究了不同配比阻燃剂对PVC的阻燃抑烟性能的影响。结果表明,当PVC/MRP/ZnBO3/ATH/MH质量比为100:3:1:20:20时,具有良好的阻燃抑烟效果,极限氧指数可达35.9 %;阻燃体系PVC/ATH/MH、PVC/MRP/ZnBO3/ATH/MH相对于纯PVC具有良好的阻燃抑烟性,PVC/MRP/ZnBO3/ATH/MH比PVC/ATH/MH体系在热释放、烟气、一氧化碳和二氧化碳排放指标上数值更低,热稳定性增加,成炭率更高,火灾性能指数提高,火灾蔓延指数减小,火灾危险性降低。     

Study on flame retardancy of APP/PEPA/MoO3 synergism in vinyl ester resins

A range of flame retardant vinyl ester resins (VERs) samples have been produced containing different contents of PEPA (1-oxo-4-hydroxymethyl-2,6,7-trioxa-l-phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octane), APP (ammonium polyphosphate), and MoO₃ (molybdenum trioxide). By investigating the flame retardancy of VER samples such as limiting oxygen index and UL-94, the synergistic flame retardance of APP, PEPA, and MoO3 has been revealed. The cone calorimeter is an instrument that measures the combustion data of samples. In the VER composites on fire, the synergistic smoke suppression effect of the APP, PEPA, and MoO₃ was detected. The gas and condensed phase of VER composites with APP, PEPA, and MoO₃ were tested by the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)–Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and FTIR. The char residues of samples have been studied at length by scanning electron microscopy and FTIR. The results show that the presence of MoO3 can promote the formation of P O and PO structures.