Chunyuan Luo, Nan Li, Ping Zhu, Yuanyuan Yin, Yingjun Xu
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Abstract
Polyelectrolyte complex coatings have been developed for flame-retardant fabrics, which demonstrate advantages in simplified operations and high flame retardancy. In this study, a polyelectrolyte complex coating (called PPM) was developed through the integration of H3PO3, hyperbranched polyethyleneimine, and montmorillonite, and was subsequently applied onto polyester/cotton fabrics using a one-step blade coating method. We thoroughly investigated the chemical structure, surface morphology, flame retardancy performance, thermal decomposition behavior, and mechanical properties of the coated fabrics. It was found that H3PO3 was incorporated into the PPM coating via ionic bonds, with a phosphorus atomic content of 0.9 %. Homogeneous and continuous coatings were formed on the surface of fabrics because of good film-forming ability of PPM. When the PPM loading was 15.3 %, the coated fabric showed a limiting oxygen index value of 64.9 % and quickly self-extinguished during the vertical flammability test with a damage length of 63 mm. In the cone calorimetry test, the PPM-coated fabric presented a 50 % reduction in peak heat release rate and a 52 % decrease in total smoke production. The PPM coating exhibited flame-retardant activities in both condensed and gaseous phases.
期刊介绍:
Polymer Degradation and Stability deals with the degradation reactions and their control which are a major preoccupation of practitioners of the many and diverse aspects of modern polymer technology.
Deteriorative reactions occur during processing, when polymers are subjected to heat, oxygen and mechanical stress, and during the useful life of the materials when oxygen and sunlight are the most important degradative agencies. In more specialised applications, degradation may be induced by high energy radiation, ozone, atmospheric pollutants, mechanical stress, biological action, hydrolysis and many other influences. The mechanisms of these reactions and stabilisation processes must be understood if the technology and application of polymers are to continue to advance. The reporting of investigations of this kind is therefore a major function of this journal.
However there are also new developments in polymer technology in which degradation processes find positive applications. For example, photodegradable plastics are now available, the recycling of polymeric products will become increasingly important, degradation and combustion studies are involved in the definition of the fire hazards which are associated with polymeric materials and the microelectronics industry is vitally dependent upon polymer degradation in the manufacture of its circuitry. Polymer properties may also be improved by processes like curing and grafting, the chemistry of which can be closely related to that which causes physical deterioration in other circumstances.