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Qu BJ, Xie RC (2003) Polymer International 52(9), 1415-1422.
Date: 2011-08-16   Author: SKLFS  ,   Source: WOS  ,
 

Qu BJ, Xie RC (2003) Intumescent char structures and flame-retardant mechanism of expandable graphite-based halogen-free flame-retardant linear low density polyethylene blends. Polymer International 52(9), 1415-1422. [In English]

Web link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pi.990

Keywords:

expandable graphite, intumescent char structures, flame retardant, mechanism, linear low density polyethylene, halogen-free flame retardant, amorphous-carbon films, lldpe blends, polyolefins, systems, xps, ftir,

Abstract: The structures of the intumescent charred layers formed from expandable graphite (EG)based intumescent halogen-free flame retardant (HFFR) linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) blends and their flame-retardant mechanism in the condensed phase have been studied by dynamic Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), laser Raman spectroscopy (LRS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermal conductivity (TC) measurements. The dynamic FTIR, XPS and LRS data show that the carbonaceous structures of intumescent charred layers consist of EG and various numbers of condensed benzene rings and/or phosphocarbonaceous complexes attached by the P-O-C and P-N bonds or quaternary nitrogen products. The addition of EG can hasten the formation of these phosphocarbonaceous structures. The above results show that the flame-retardant mechanism in the condensed phase is that the compact char structures, as observed by SEM, slow down heat and mass transfer between the gas and condensed phase and prevent the underlying polymeric substrate from further attack by heat flux in a flame. The DTA and TC data show that carbonaceous charred layers are good heat-insulating materials, the TC value of which is only about one-tenth of that of the corresponding blend and that they increase the oxidization temperature and decrease thermal oxidization heat of the LLDPE/EG/HFFR systems. (C) 2003 Society of Chemical Industry.

 
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