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Alosime EM, Basfar AA. A Systematic Investigation on the Effect of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Black on the Mechanical and Flame Retardancy Properties of Polyolefin Blends. Polymers (Basel) 2024; 16:417. [PMID: 38337306 DOI: 10.3390/polym16030417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Due to high filler loading, clean, commercial, thermoplastic, flame-retardant materials are mechanically unstable when insulating wires and cables. In this study, composite formulations of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE)/ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) containing a flame retardant, such as magnesium hydroxide (MH; formula: Mg(OH)2) and huntite hydromagnesite (HH; formula: Mg3Ca(CO3)4, Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·3H2O), were prepared. The influence of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and carbon black (CB) on the mechanical properties and flame retardancy of LLDPE/EVA was studied. Three types of CNTs were examined for their compatibility with other materials in clean thermoplastic flame-retardant compositions. The CNTs had the following diameters: 10-15 nm, 40-60 nm, and 60-80 nm. Optimum mechanical flame retardancy and electrical properties were achieved by adding CNTs with an outer diameter of 40-60 nm and a length of fewer than 20 nm. Large-sized CNTs result in poor mechanical characteristics, while smaller-sized CNTs improve the mechanical properties of the composites. CB enhances flame retardancy but deteriorates mechanical properties, particularly elongation at break, in clean, black, thermoplastic, flame-retardant compositions. Obtaining satisfactory compositions that meet both properties, especially formulations passing the V-0 of the UL 94 test with a minimum tensile strength of 9.5 MPa and an elongation at break of 125%, is challenging. When LLDPE was partially substituted with EVA, the limiting oxygen index (LOI) increased. The amount of filler in the formulations determined how it affected flammability. This study also included a reliable method for producing clean, black, thermoplastic, flame-retardant insulating material for wire and cable without sacrificing mechanical properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eid M Alosime
- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
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- M.Sc. in Nuclear Engineering Program, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh P.O. Box 145111, Saudi Arabia
- Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
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Yang XM, Qiu S, Yusuf A, Sun J, Zhai Z, Zhao J, Yin GZ. Recent advances in flame retardant and mechanical properties of polylactic acid: A review. Int J Biol Macromol 2023:125050. [PMID: 37257540 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The large-scale application of ecofriendly polymeric materials has become a key focus of scientific research with the trend toward sustainable development. Mechanical properties and fire safety are two critical considerations of biopolymers for large-scale applications. Polylactic acid (PLA) is a flammable, melt-drop carrying, and strong but brittle polymer. Hence, it is essential to achieve both flame retardancy and mechanical enhancement to improve safety and broaden its application. This study reviews the recent research on the flame retardant functionalization and mechanical reinforcement of PLA. It classifies PLA according to the type of the flame retardant strategy employed, such as surface-modified fibers, modified nano/micro fillers, small-molecule and macromolecular flame retardants, flame retardants with fibers or polymers, and chain extension or crosslinking with other flame retardants. The functionalization strategies and main parameters of the modified PLA systems are summarized and analyzed. This study summarizes the latest advances in the fields of flame retardancy and mechanical reinforcement of PLA.
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- Xiao-Mei Yang
- Zhejiang Ruico Advanced Material Co., Ltd., Huzhou 313018, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China
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- E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/Profesor Aranguren 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 100029 Beijing, China.
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- Zhejiang Ruico Advanced Material Co., Ltd., Huzhou 313018, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Zhejiang Ruico Advanced Material Co., Ltd., Huzhou 313018, Zhejiang Province, China.
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- Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Ctra. Pozuelo-Majadahonda Km 1.800, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain.
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Guo C, Peng Q, Wei H, Liu J, Hu X, Peng J, Ma J, Ye X, Yang J. Phosphorus-Containing Flame-Retardant Benzocyclobutylene Composites with High Thermal Stability and Low CTE. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:9464-9474. [PMID: 36936317 PMCID: PMC10018689 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c08159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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As a component of printed circuit substrate, copper clad laminate (CCL) needs to meet the performance requirements of heat resistance, flame retardancy, and low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), which, respectively, affects the stability, safety, and processability of terminal electronic products. In this paper, benzocyclobutylene (BCB)-functionalized phosphorus-oxygen flame retardant composites were prepared through introducing the BCB groups, and the performance was researched by thermogravimetric analysis, microcombustion calorimetry, and thermomechanical analysis. The research results show that these phosphorus oxide compounds containing BCB groups show good thermal stability and low total heat release (THR) after thermal curing, and the more BCB groups on the phosphorus oxide monomers, the better the thermal stability and flame retardancy of cured resins. The Td5 and THR of the composite (M3) are as high as 443 °C and 23.1 kJ/g, respectively. In addition, the CTE of M3 is as low as 16.71 ppm/°C. Introduction of BCB groups which can be crosslinked through heat to improve the thermal stability, flame retardancy, and reduced CTE of traditional organophosphorus flame retardant materials. These materials are expected to be good candidates for CCL substrates for electronic circuits.
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- Chao Guo
- School
of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmentally-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- School
of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan
University of Science & Engineering, Zigong 643000, China
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- School
of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmentally-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- School
of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmentally-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- School
of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmentally-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- School
of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmentally-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- School
of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmentally-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- School
of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- School
of Continuing Education, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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- School
of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University
of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Environmentally-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
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Waldin NA, Jamain Z. Synthesis and Mechanical Property of Hexasubstituted Cyclotriphosphazene Derivatives Attached to Hydrazine-bridge Linkage with High Fire Retardancy. J Mol Struct 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.135330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Pei M, Wei K, Zhang D, Qin S. Polylactic acid flame‐retardant composite preparation and investigation of flame‐retardant characteristics. POLYM ENG SCI 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/pen.26251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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- Meng Pei
- School of Chemical Engineering Guizhou Minzu University Guiyang China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Compounding and Modification of Polymer Materials Guiyang China
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- School of Chemical Engineering Guizhou Minzu University Guiyang China
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- School of Chemical Engineering Guizhou Minzu University Guiyang China
- National Engineering Research Center for Compounding and Modification of Polymer Materials Guiyang China
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Alosime EM, Basfar AA. A Systematic Investigation on the Influence of Intumescent Flame Retardants on the Properties of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)/Liner Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) Blends. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28031023. [PMID: 36770690 PMCID: PMC9921819 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Because of their high filler loadings, commercial-grade clean flame-retardant materials have unstable mechanical properties. To address this issue, intumescent polymers can be used to develop clean flame retardants with very low levels of smoke and toxicity generation. An intumescent flame retardant (IFR) system composed of red phosphorus (RP), zinc borate (ZB), and a terpolymer of ethylene, butyl acrylate, and maleic anhydride (EBM) was used to prepare EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate) and EVA/LLDPE (linear low-density polyethylene) composites; their mechanical and flammability properties were systematically investigated. The limiting oxygen index (LOI) of the EVA/LLDPE (as base material) composite containing RP and ZB mixed with nonhalogenated flame retardant, mainly magnesium hydroxide (MH) and coadditives, including processing aids and thermal stabilizers, was established. RP was found to have little effect on the tensile properties of EVA/LLDPE 118W/120 phr flame-retardant (MH + RP) composites. There was a minute difference in the effective trend of RP between tensile strength and elongation at break. Following the addition of ZB, the elongation at break of the composites gradually decreased with increasing RP content and then leveled off when the RP content was over 10 phr. Mechanical properties (elongation at break and tensile strength) can be best maintained at below 10 phr content of RP. The mechanical properties decreased with lower amounts of EBM content. In addition, flame retardancy increased when the EBM content decreased. The findings further revealed that MH and RP have poor compatibility, yielding poor mechanical properties. The LOI greatly increased with RP content, even though the total content of flame retardants (main + intumescent flame retardant) was the same in all formulations. Only over 5 phr RP content formulations passed V-0 of the UL-94 test. When under 5 phr, the RP content formulations did not pass V-0 of the UL-94 test.
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- Eid M. Alosime
- King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence:
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia
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Sun J, Zhang D, Wei K, Tan F, He M, Bao D, Qin S. Synthesis and Characterization of P-PPD-Ph-Conjugated Flame Retardant. Front Chem 2022; 10:956322. [PMID: 35923254 PMCID: PMC9339991 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.956322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The conjugated flame retardants have rarely been studied. A conjugate flame-retardant 4, 4'-{1″, 4″-phenylene-bis [amino- (10‴-oxy10‴-hydro-9‴-hydrogen- 10‴λ5-phosphaphenanthrene-10″-yl)-methyl]}-diphenol (P-PPD-Ph) was synthesized and added into the polylactic acid (PLA) matrix. The P-PPD-Ph-conjugated flame-retardant structure was tested by FTIR, 1H, and 31P NMR analysis. The thermal and rheological properties of PLA/P-PPD-PH-conjugated flame-retardant composites were investigated. The results showed that P-PPD-Ph-conjugated flame retardant affects PLA/P-PPD-PH-conjugated flame-retardant composites for promoting the formation of a carbon layer when the P-PPD-Ph-conjugated flame-retardant content was 15% and the residual carbon ratio for PLA/P-PPD-PH-conjugated flame-retardant composites increased by 4.2%.
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- Junzhuo Sun
- School of Chemical Engineering of Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China
- Polymer Composites Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering of Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China
- Polymer Composites Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Compounding and Modification of Polymer Materials, Guiyang, China
- *Correspondence: Daohai Zhang, ; Dongmei Bao, ; Shuhao Qin,
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- National Engineering Research Center for Compounding and Modification of Polymer Materials, Guiyang, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering of Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China
- Polymer Composites Engineering Research Center of Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Compounding and Modification of Polymer Materials, Guiyang, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering of Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China
- *Correspondence: Daohai Zhang, ; Dongmei Bao, ; Shuhao Qin,
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- School of Chemical Engineering of Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Compounding and Modification of Polymer Materials, Guiyang, China
- *Correspondence: Daohai Zhang, ; Dongmei Bao, ; Shuhao Qin,
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Bolskis E, Adomavičiūtė E, Griškonis E. Formation and Investigation of Mechanical, Thermal, Optical and Wetting Properties of Melt-Spun Multifilament Poly(lactic acid) Yarns with Added Rosins. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14030379. [PMID: 35160368 PMCID: PMC8839943 DOI: 10.3390/polym14030379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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One method for adding enhancing properties to textile materials is the insertion of natural ingredients into the textile products during the manufacturing or finishing process. The aim of this research is to investigate the formation of biodegradable melt-spun multifilament Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) yarns with different contents (i.e., 5%, 10%, and 15%) of natural material–rosin, also known as colophony. In this study, multifilament yarns were successfully formed from PLA and a natural substance–pine rosin by melt-spinning them at two different draw ratios (i.e., 1.75 and 2.75). The results indicated that a 1.75 draw ratio caused the formation of PLA and PLA/rosin yarns that were brittle. The presence of rosin (i.e., 5% and 10%) in multifilament yarns decreased the mechanical properties of the PLA/rosin melt-spun multifilament yarns’ tenacity (cN/tex), breaking tenacity (cN/tex), and tensile strain (%) and elongation at break (%) and increased absorbance in the entire UV region spectra. In addition, the melting point and degree of crystallinity decreased and there was an increase in the wetting angle compared with pure PLA multifilament. The investigation of melt-spun yarns with Raman spectroscopy proved the presence of rosin in PLA melt-spun yarns.
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- Evaldas Bolskis
- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu Str. 56, 51424 Kaunas, Lithuania;
- Correspondence:
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu Str. 56, 51424 Kaunas, Lithuania;
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- Faculty of Chemical Technology, Kaunas University of Technology, Radvilenu pl. 19, 50254 Kaunas, Lithuania;
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Thermal and flame-retardant properties of intrinsic flame-retardant epoxy resin containing biphenyl structures and phosphorus. Eur Polym J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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