Evaluation and characterization of ammoniumpolyphosphate–pentaerythritol‐based systems for intumescent coatings

Intumescent coatings are increasingly used as a method of passive fire protection on steel constructions. By forming a carbon network and releasing a blowing agent, the thin intumescent film swells 100‐fold at elevated temperatures. The highly insulating foam effectively prevents the load bearing steel from reaching its critical temperature at which it looses its mechanical properties and collapses. The role of the carbon donor in intumescent coatings has been studied. Comparison in temperature development, foaming ratios, and rheological behavior has been performed between formulations containing pentaerythritol (penta), di–penta, and tri–penta. A simulated fire test, in which the temperature development during intumescence was studied, showed that the formulations containing penta were considerably more efficient in keeping a low temperature throughout the process. A more rapid temperature development was displayed when using di–penta and tri–penta as the carbon donor. Rheometer tests indicate that penta formulations enter the intumescent process at a lower temperature and stays in it for a longer time than di–penta and tri–penta formulations. Furthermore, the crossover temperature and maximum phase angle are shifted towards higher temperatures by replacing penta with di–penta and with tri–penta in the formulations, respectively. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 104: 748–753, 2007     

Heat-release mechanism in ammonium dinitramide flame

To verify the adequacy of various models of heat release in ammonium dinitramide flame to real processes, chemical processes in products of thermal decomposition at a pressure of 10 torr and in ammonium dinitramide [ADN; NH₄N(NO₂)₂] flame at a pressure of 0.4 to 60 atm are numerically simulated. The calculations are performed on the basis of a detailed kinetic mechanism and boundary conditions correlated with experimental data, thermodynamic properties, and chemical composition of ADN. The kinetic mechanism includes submechanisms that describe high-temperature chemical processes in NH₃/N₂O/NO/NO₂/HNO₂/HNO₃ and NH₃/HN(NO₂)₂ mixtures, and the global stages of aerosol decomposition. Based on calculated and experimental data, the role of dinitraminic acid HN(NO₂)₂, aerosols, and ADN vapor in heat release in the ADN flame zone adjacent to the burning surface is estimated. The calculations predict that the main source of heat release in the cold flame zone at p ≥ 3 atm is dinitraminic acid incoming through the channel of dissociative evaporation ADN_liq → NH₃ + HN(NO₂)₂ from the burning surface. In the high-temperature flame zone, heat release is caused by the reaction that occurs in the NH₃/N₂O/NO/NO₂/HNO₂/HNO₃ mixture. At moderate pressures, the high-temperature and low-temperature zones are separated by an induction zone. The stage governing production of the OH radical, which plays an important role in combustion, in the induction zone is the reaction HNO₃ + M → OH + NO₂ + M. Because of a high activation energy of the stage, small temperature perturbations in the induction zone at low pressures lead to a finite change in the stand-off distance between the high-temperature flame zone and the burning surface. Therefore, small temperature perturbations in the induction zone, which are caused by admixtures in the sample or by heat transfer between the reacting gas and the ambient medium, may be responsible for disagreement between various experimental data and between experimental and calculated data on the stand-off distance between the high-temperature flame zone and the burning surface. In numerical calculations, the position of the high-temperature zone is effectively controlled by varying rate constants of elementary stages within admissible limits. __________ Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 64–76, September–October, 2007.     

ABS阻燃与抑烟性的研究

对ABS树脂的阻燃、抑烟性等性能进行了研究和探讨。实验结果表明,采用共混、添加复合阻燃剂、抑烟剂的方法可以有效地获得阻燃、抑烟性及其他性能皆优的ABS树脂体系。     

梭式窑火焰数字图像的边缘检测初探

本文介绍了几种典型的边缘检测算法,对它们各自的特点进行了比较。对梭式窑内的一幅原始图像,可用边缘检测算法提取火焰图像的边缘。     

改性磷石膏球作缓凝剂对水泥性能的影响

研究了工业化生产的改性磷石膏球对水泥标准稠度用水量、凝结时间、胶砂流动度、胶砂强度及水泥与减水剂相容性的影响,并与原状磷石膏和天然石膏进行对比,结合X-射线衍射、综合热分析等微观测试,分析了改性磷石膏球对水泥水化产物相、水化程度的影响.结果表明:采用改性磷石膏球配制的水泥,其初凝、终凝时间与掺配原状磷石膏水泥相比分别缩短217 min、227 min,1d、3d强度显著高于原状磷石膏配制的水泥,28d强度高于天然石膏配制的水泥,且标准稠度用水量、胶砂流动度、与减水剂的相容性等指标优于天然石膏配制的水泥.改性磷石膏球对水泥早期水化无不良延缓作用,且能提高水泥后期水化程度.综合对比上述三种石膏对水泥性能影响的各项指标,认为改性磷石膏球可以完全替代天然石膏作水泥缓凝剂.     

石油化工管道阻燃保温材料的研制

介绍酚醛泡沫塑料的生产工艺和性能，讨论酚／醛比、催化剂对树脂性能的影响以及树脂固含量、固化剂、密度对泡沫塑料性能的影响。结果表明，酚／醛摩尔比为1：1．5－2．0、采用复合催化剂时，树脂性能较好；固含量较高时，泡沫塑料性能好；泡沫塑料密度增大，强度提高，但保温性能变差。所研制的酚醛泡沫塑料耐燃、少烟、无毒，可用作石油化工管道保温材料。     

PFF与PUF热稳定性及燃烧性能研究

制备了酚醛泡沫和聚氨酯泡沫，并研究了酚醛硬泡与聚氨酯硬泡的热稳定性及燃烧性能。结果表明：和聚氨酯泡沫比较，酚醛泡沫的热失重小，热释放速率和热释放总量低。因此酚醛泡沫的热稳定性和阻燃性能明显优于聚氨酯泡沫。     

阻燃聚酯纤维生产技术

主要介绍了聚酯用阻燃剂的种类、特点 ,阻燃聚酯纤维的生产方法 ,并归纳了国内外主要生产厂家 (公司 )的阻燃聚酯纤维生产工艺特点。概述了目前我国及西欧地区的阻燃法规和标准 ,并对我国阻燃聚酯纤维的发展提出了建议。     

Kinetics of thermal decomposition of unsaturated polyester resins with reduced flammability

In this article, the kinetics of thermal decomposition of unsaturated maleic–phthalic polyester resins, flame‐retarded with zinc hydroxystannate, was studied by thermogravimetric analysis at different heating rates. At the first stage, it was found, on the basis of isoconversional analysis by the methods of Friedman and of Ozawa–Flynn–Wall, that the value of the (apparent) activation energy (E) characteristically changes in three steps during the degradation. Further kinetic studies using nonlinear regression methods revealed the best fits for both pristine and stabilized resins. It was observed that the course of E versus the degree of conversion (α) during degradation of zinc hydroxystannate‐containing resins (α > 0.8) was characterized by higher values of E—this phenomenon can be explained in terms of the flame‐retardation action of zinc hydroxystannate, which is believed to operate primarily in the condensed phase. At the next stage, kinetic analysis by the nonregression method was performed to find the kinetic model [f(α) function] of the decomposition process; hence, for pristine resin, the best fit was found for the Avrami–Yerofeeyev model (nuclei growth), and for stabilized samples, the nth‐order function with catalysis proved to be the best approximation. The obtained kinetic parameters in the form of E, the preexponential factor A, and the model function f(α) allow a prediction of the polyester resin's thermal behavior in an extrapolated range of degree of conversion, time, and temperature. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 88: 2851–2857, 2003     

PE-LLD／EVA／Mg（OH）2／复合阻燃剂高效无卤阻燃体系的研究

采用线形低密度聚乙烯/乙烯-醋酸乙烯共聚物作为复合材料主体,表面处理过的氢氧化镁(Mg(OH)2)为主阻燃剂,以微胶囊化红磷和自制硅类阻燃剂为核心的复合阻燃剂为阻燃增效剂,重点探讨了Mg(OH)2和复合阻燃剂的阻燃效果。结果表明,Mg(OH)2与复合阻燃剂并用具有良好的协同效应,当Mg(OH)2用量40份,复合阻燃剂5～7份时,可获得较高的氧指数,垂直燃烧试验通过FV0级,且材料抗静电能力提高,力学性能、加工性能较好。