Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 34, Issue 7, 761(2019)
To develop a novel hybrid organic-inorganic flame retardant and smoke suppressant, strontium hydroxystannate (SrSn(OH)6) nanorods were synthesized via a co-precipitation method, and then the SrSn(OH)6 were encapsulated by cyclomatrixpolyphosphazene (PZS) to prepare a novel core-shell organic-inorganic hybrid nano-flame retardant (PZS@SrSn(OH)6). The micromorphology and chemical structure were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The thermal degradation of PZS@SrSn(OH)6 and EP/PZS@SrSn(OH)6 composites was investigated by thermogravimetry analysis (TGA). The flame retardancy properties were studied by limited oxygen index (LOI) and CONE calorimetry tests. The flame retardant mechanism was determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), SEM, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and FT-IR. The results showed that PZS@SrSn(OH)6 exhibited high flame retardant and smoke suppression efficiency. Significant synergy between PZS and SrSn(OH)6 was found to enhance the flame retardancy of EP compared with pure EP, the LOI value was increased from 26.2% to 29.6% with 3wt% addition of PZS@SrSn(OH)6. CONE calorimetry tests indicated that 3% incorporation of PZS@SrSn(OH)6 brought about 29% and 37% maximum reduction in peak heat release rate and peak smoke production rate, and 242% improvement of char residue, respectively. A dense char structure is formed after combustion under elevated temperature for PZS@SrSn(OH)6, and the char layer blocks the exchange between the decomposed fragments and oxygen, then protect EP matrix and improve the flame retardancy.
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Chong ZHANG, Xiao-Wei GENG, Xiang-Di GAO, Xin ZHANG, Rao GUO, Yu-Jing WANG, Jian-Zhong XU, Hai-Yun MA.
Category: RESEARCH PAPER
Received: Oct. 17, 2018
Accepted: --
Published Online: Sep. 26, 2021
The Author Email: MA Hai-Yun (coffee1123@126.com)