{"title":"超细硫酸钡(BaSO4)对提高高填充EVA复合材料力学性能、陶瓷化性能和保温性能的影响","authors":"Chentao Lv, Haifeng Zhu, Qing Sun, Jian Zhang, Jiawei Sheng","doi":"10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111704","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Traditional highly filled (70 %) polymer composites are limited in comprehensive applications by poor mechanical properties, processability, and thermal protection. Herein, ultrafine barium sulfate (BaSO₄) was used to enhance these properties of highly filled EVA composites while maintaining balanced flame retardancy. Specifically, adding 10 wt% ultrafine BaSO₄ increased the tensile strength, elongation at break, and melt flow rate of the composites by 11.75 %, 78.63 %, and 63.46 %, respectively. The excellent dispersibility of BaSO₄ particles promoted interfacial lubrication and compatibility, significantly improving the mechanical properties and processability. Fire resistance and thermal insulation properties were evaluated under simulated fire conditions. The results showed that silica-aluminum glass powder (SAGP) and BaSO₄ facilitated the formation of a continuous and dense ceramic layer on the surface. After 35 min of ablation, P10B10 exhibited a backside temperature of only 207.55 °C, 34 °C lower than P20B0, indicating excellent thermal insulation with a delayed temperature rise. Ceramic residues of P10B10 reached a compressive modulus of 7.27 MPa. Ceramization and thermal mechanisms revealed that SAGP/BaSO₄ synergistically enabled the multi-layer functionalization, achieving combined barrier and reflective heat insulation. During heating, co-melt zinc borate (ZB) and SAGP migrated and aggregated towards the heated surface, forming eutectic phases with barium sulfate oxides, including barium aluminum silicate (BaAl<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>6</sub>), barium zinc silicate (BaZnSiO<sub>4</sub>) and barium borate (BaB<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) crystalline phases. The oxide-based ceramic layer effectively blocked heat and oxygen penetration. Additionally, uniformly distributed BaSO₄ in the porous char layer extended heat transfer paths and reflected heat, increasing heat loss and preserving internal material integrity. This work demonstrates the role of ultrafine BaSO₄ in enhancing highly filled polymer composites and provides a novel strategy for developing high-performance flame-retardant and ceramizable composites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":406,"journal":{"name":"Polymer Degradation and Stability","volume":"242 ","pages":"Article 111704"},"PeriodicalIF":7.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Effect of ultrafine barium sulfate (BaSO4) on improving the mechanical properties, ceramifiable and thermal insulation performance of highly filled EVA composites\",\"authors\":\"Chentao Lv, Haifeng Zhu, Qing Sun, Jian Zhang, Jiawei Sheng\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111704\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div>Traditional highly filled (70 %) polymer composites are limited in comprehensive applications by poor mechanical properties, processability, and thermal protection. Herein, ultrafine barium sulfate (BaSO₄) was used to enhance these properties of highly filled EVA composites while maintaining balanced flame retardancy. Specifically, adding 10 wt% ultrafine BaSO₄ increased the tensile strength, elongation at break, and melt flow rate of the composites by 11.75 %, 78.63 %, and 63.46 %, respectively. The excellent dispersibility of BaSO₄ particles promoted interfacial lubrication and compatibility, significantly improving the mechanical properties and processability. Fire resistance and thermal insulation properties were evaluated under simulated fire conditions. The results showed that silica-aluminum glass powder (SAGP) and BaSO₄ facilitated the formation of a continuous and dense ceramic layer on the surface. After 35 min of ablation, P10B10 exhibited a backside temperature of only 207.55 °C, 34 °C lower than P20B0, indicating excellent thermal insulation with a delayed temperature rise. Ceramic residues of P10B10 reached a compressive modulus of 7.27 MPa. Ceramization and thermal mechanisms revealed that SAGP/BaSO₄ synergistically enabled the multi-layer functionalization, achieving combined barrier and reflective heat insulation. During heating, co-melt zinc borate (ZB) and SAGP migrated and aggregated towards the heated surface, forming eutectic phases with barium sulfate oxides, including barium aluminum silicate (BaAl<sub>2</sub>SiO<sub>6</sub>), barium zinc silicate (BaZnSiO<sub>4</sub>) and barium borate (BaB<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) crystalline phases. The oxide-based ceramic layer effectively blocked heat and oxygen penetration. Additionally, uniformly distributed BaSO₄ in the porous char layer extended heat transfer paths and reflected heat, increasing heat loss and preserving internal material integrity. 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Effect of ultrafine barium sulfate (BaSO4) on improving the mechanical properties, ceramifiable and thermal insulation performance of highly filled EVA composites
Traditional highly filled (70 %) polymer composites are limited in comprehensive applications by poor mechanical properties, processability, and thermal protection. Herein, ultrafine barium sulfate (BaSO₄) was used to enhance these properties of highly filled EVA composites while maintaining balanced flame retardancy. Specifically, adding 10 wt% ultrafine BaSO₄ increased the tensile strength, elongation at break, and melt flow rate of the composites by 11.75 %, 78.63 %, and 63.46 %, respectively. The excellent dispersibility of BaSO₄ particles promoted interfacial lubrication and compatibility, significantly improving the mechanical properties and processability. Fire resistance and thermal insulation properties were evaluated under simulated fire conditions. The results showed that silica-aluminum glass powder (SAGP) and BaSO₄ facilitated the formation of a continuous and dense ceramic layer on the surface. After 35 min of ablation, P10B10 exhibited a backside temperature of only 207.55 °C, 34 °C lower than P20B0, indicating excellent thermal insulation with a delayed temperature rise. Ceramic residues of P10B10 reached a compressive modulus of 7.27 MPa. Ceramization and thermal mechanisms revealed that SAGP/BaSO₄ synergistically enabled the multi-layer functionalization, achieving combined barrier and reflective heat insulation. During heating, co-melt zinc borate (ZB) and SAGP migrated and aggregated towards the heated surface, forming eutectic phases with barium sulfate oxides, including barium aluminum silicate (BaAl2SiO6), barium zinc silicate (BaZnSiO4) and barium borate (BaB2O4) crystalline phases. The oxide-based ceramic layer effectively blocked heat and oxygen penetration. Additionally, uniformly distributed BaSO₄ in the porous char layer extended heat transfer paths and reflected heat, increasing heat loss and preserving internal material integrity. This work demonstrates the role of ultrafine BaSO₄ in enhancing highly filled polymer composites and provides a novel strategy for developing high-performance flame-retardant and ceramizable composites.
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.