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Synergistic effect of organophilic Fe-montmorillonite on flammability in polypropylene/intumescent flame retardant system

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Polypropylene/intumescent flame retardant/organophilic Fe-montmorillonite (PP/IFR/Fe-OMT) nanocomposites were prepared by melting intercalation. In order to investigate the effect of structural Fe3+ in the PP/IFR system, the corresponding PP/IFR and PP/IFR/Na-OMT composites were prepared under the same conditions. The thermo-gravimetric analysis data show that the PP/IFR/Fe-OMT nanocomposites have higher thermal stability than the PP/IFR and PP/IFR/Na-OMT composites. The flame retardant results indicate that the limiting oxygen index values of the nanocomposites with Fe-OMT are basically higher than those of the pure PP and the composites containing IFR or Na-OMT/IFR. And the addition of a suitable amount of Fe-OMT in PP/IFR composites can apparently favor UL94 test, and no dripping phenomenon was found. The cone calorimeter test indicates that the heat release rate (HRR) is significantly reduced by the formation of the nanocomposites, and the HRR of the PP/IFR/Fe-OMT nanocomposites are decreased in comparison with those of the PP/IFR/Na-OMT nanocomposites. It is noteworthy that Fe-OMT is helpful to smoke suppression by smoke density test.

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The work was financially supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2012M511210), the research fund of Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology in Environmental Protection of Jiangsu Province (No. AE201104), Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province (No. 13KJB430012), the Opening Project of CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, and Jiangsu Province College Students’ Innovative Projects (201310299026).

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    Hong Liu, Qi Zhong, Qinghong Kong, Xingguang Zhang & Yanjun Li

  2. School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212018, Jiangsu, China

    Junhao Zhang

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Liu, H., Zhong, Q., Kong, Q. et al. Synergistic effect of organophilic Fe-montmorillonite on flammability in polypropylene/intumescent flame retardant system. J Therm Anal Calorim 117, 693–699 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-014-3833-0

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