Halogen-Free Flame Retardant Flexible Polyurethane Foams via a Combined Effect of Flame Retardants

Author(s):  
Feng Yang ◽  
Gordon L. Nelson
2011 ◽  
Vol 418-420 ◽  
pp. 540-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ding Meng Chen ◽  
Yi Ping Zhao ◽  
Jia Jian Yan ◽  
Li Chen ◽  
Zhi Zhi Dong ◽  
...  

Polyurethane foams (PUFs) filled with several halogen-free flame retardants and composite halogen-free flame retardants were prepared. The flame retardant, thermal stable and mechanical properties of the PUFs were investigated. The results of limiting oxygen index (LOI) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed that PUFs filled with dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) had better flame retardancy compared with other flame retardants and DMMP degraded at a low temperature to form several phosphorated acids which accelerated the formation of char layer. Composite flame retardant of DMMP and melamine (MA) had a synergistic effect between phosphorus and nitrogen. The combination of DMMP and MA slightly altered the density of the PUFs. Results from the mechanical analysis revealed that with the increase in concentration of MA in the composite flame retardant of DMMP and MA, the tensile strength of PUFs reduced firstly and then increased up to a constant.


2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1323-1337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Shi ◽  
Zhong-Ming Li ◽  
Ming-Bo Yang ◽  
Bo Yin ◽  
Qiu-Ming Zhou ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 107185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haitang Yang ◽  
Bin Yu ◽  
Pingan Song ◽  
Cristian Maluk ◽  
Hao Wang

1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-32
Author(s):  
T. Ebbrecht ◽  
V. Zellmer ◽  
G. Burkhart

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Geng ◽  
Shuaishuai Yang ◽  
Lianwang Zhang ◽  
Zhenzhen Huang ◽  
Qichao Pan ◽  
...  

Introducing fire-retardant additives or building blocks into resins is a widely adopted method used for improving the fire retardancy of epoxy composites. However, the increase in viscosity and the presence of insoluble additives accompanied by resin modification remain challenges for resin transfer molding (RTM) processing. We developed a robust approach for fabricating self-extinguishing RTM composites using unmodified and flammable resins. To avoid the effects on resin fluidity and processing, we loaded the flame retardant into tackifiers instead of resins. We found that the halogen-free flame retardant, a microencapsulated red phosphorus (MRP) additive, was enriched on fabric surfaces, which endowed the composites with excellent fire retardancy. The composites showed a 79.2% increase in the limiting oxygen index, a 29.2% reduction in heat release during combustion, and could self-extinguish within two seconds after ignition. Almost no effect on the mechanical properties was observed. This approach is simple, inexpensive, and basically applicable to all resins for fabricating RTM composites. This approach adapts insoluble flame retardants to RTM processing. We envision that this approach could be extended to load other functions (radar absorbing, conductivity, etc.) into RTM composites, broadening the application of RTM processing in the field of advanced functional materials.


2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Lubczak ◽  
Renata Lubczak

Thermally resistant polyurethane foams containing 1,3,5-triazine ring were modified with additive flame retardants. It has been found that addition of melamine, melamine polyphosphate, or isocyanurate at the foaming step resulted in reduction of foam flammability. The physical properties of flame-retardant modified foams were compared with those of non-modified foams. The obtained modified foams showed oxygen index 22.2–24.2 and were highly thermally resistant even at long lasting 200℃ temperature exposure.


2011 ◽  
Vol 374-377 ◽  
pp. 1563-1566
Author(s):  
An Zhen Zhang ◽  
Yi He Zhang

Rigid polyurethane foams were excellent thermal insulation materials with widely used, which was highly flammable at the same time. In order to obtain safe application, flame retarded polyurethane foams were needed. In this paper, series flame retarded rigid polyurethane foams were prepared with loading different flame retardants such as ammonium polyphosphate, expandable graphite, red phosphorus, Tri (2-chloroethyl) phosphate and dimethyl methylphosphonate. The effects of flame retardants on the foaming-process and flame retardant property of the rigid polyurethane foams were investigated by otary viscometer and limiting oxygen index. The results showed that the combination of solid and liquid flame retardants was necessary to improve the flame retardant and different flame retardants played synergistic roles in rigid polyurethane foams. The limiting oxygen indexes of the foams could be up to 30wt% and 29.6% with 25wt% solid flame retardants and 10wt% liquid retardants, respectively.


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