Synthesis and application in polypropylene of a novel of phosphorus-containing intumescent flame retardant

Molecules. 2010 Oct 28;15(11):7593-602. doi: 10.3390/molecules15117593.

Abstract

A novel phosphorus-containing triazine oligomer poly(2-morpholinyl-4-penta-erythritol phosphate-1,3,5-triazine) (PMPT) was synthesized as a kind of tri-component intumescent flame retardant (IFR). The chemical structure of PMPT was characterized by FTIR, 1H-NMR and 31P-NMR, and the mechanical and flammability properties of FR-PP were measured. The FTIR results showed that the expected chemical reactions had happened at each step. The 1H-NMR and 31P-NMR spectra also agreed with the chemical structure of PMPT. The slight effect of PMPT on the mechanical properties of FR-PP suggested that PMPT and PP are compatible. The high limited oxygen index (LOI) values of FR-PP revealed that PMPT was an efficient IFR and there was the synergistic effect between PMPT and ammonium polyphosphate/ pentaerythritol (APP/PER).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Flame Retardants / chemical synthesis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phosphorus / chemistry*
  • Polypropylenes / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Triazines / chemical synthesis*
  • Triazines / chemistry*

Substances

  • Flame Retardants
  • Polypropylenes
  • Triazines
  • Phosphorus