Preparation of BMI monomers containing phosphate and phosphonate structure to enhance the flame retardant and toughness of BMI

Abstract

Aiming at enhancing the toughness and fire safety of bismaleimide (BMI), BMI monomers containing phosphate and phosphonate structure (BDTP and BDTDP) were designed and prepared. With incorporation of 5 wt% BDTP and BDTDP, the peak value of heat release rate (PHRR) of BMI/BDTP-5 and BMI/BDTDP-5 decrease by 59.4% and 52.4%, respectively. The total smoke production (TSP) of BMI/BDTP-5 and BMI/BDTDP-5 are of 8.3% and 13.1% reduction, respectively. Meanwhile, BMI/BDTP-5 and BMI/BDTDP-5 possess UL-94V-0 rating, which indicates that BMI is endowed with better flame retardant performance by modification of designed BMI monomers. Besides, the impact strength of BMI/BDTP-5 and BMI/BDTDP-5 increase by 146.3% and 90.2%, respectively. The comprehensive performance of BMI/BDTP-5 is better than that of BMI/BDTDP-5. And the effect of phenyl phosphate structure in BDTP and phenyl phosphonate structure in BDTDP on BMI performance is explored.

Keywords: Flame/fire retardancy; Impact behaviour; Multifunctional composites; Thermosetting resin.