Nanocomposite based on poly(acrylic acid) / attapulgite towards flame retardant of cotton fabrics

Dangge Gao; Yahong Zhang; Bin Lyu; Pingping Wang; Jianzhong Ma

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.10.113

Nanocomposite based on poly(acrylic acid) / attapulgite towards flame retardant of cotton fabrics

Carbohydr Polym. 2019 Feb 15:206:245-253. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.10.113. Epub 2018 Oct 31.

Authors

Dangge Gao¹, Yahong Zhang², Bin Lyu², Pingping Wang², Jianzhong Ma³

Affiliations

¹ College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China. Electronic address: dangge2000@126.com.
² College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
³ College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China; National Demonstration Center for Experimental Light Chemistry Engineering Education, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China. Electronic address: majz@sust.edu.cn.

PMID: 30553319
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.10.113

Abstract

The flammability of cotton fabric was improved by treated with the composite containing attapulgite(ATP). To achieve this aim, the poly(acrylic acid)/attapulgite nanocomposite (PAA/ATP) was successfully synthesized by the free radical polymerization of acrylic acid and the 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS) modified attapulgite. The nanocomposite was characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The result showed that PAA/ATP nanocomposite was successfully prepared and the ATP could be dispersed uniformly in the nanocomposite. Nanocomposite was loaded onto the cotton fabric by the dip-pad-dry method. The result of thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA), vertical flame test (VFT) and limiting oxygen index (LOI) showed that the thermal and flammability properties of the cotton fabric were improved after treated with the nanocomposite, the LOI value of cotton fabric had reached to 22.7%. Tensile test showed that the mechanical property of the treated cotton fabric was improved, but the whiteness decreased slightly.

Keywords: Attapulgite; Cotton; Flame retardancy; Nanocomposite.