Intumescent Flame Retardancy and Thermal Degradation of Epoxy Resin Filled with Ammonium Polyphosphate Using Thermogravimetric Analysis–Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Thermogravimetric Analysis–Mass Spectrometry
Intumescent Flame Retardancy and Thermal Degradation of Epoxy Resin Filled with Ammonium Polyphosphate Using Thermogravimetric Analysis–Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Thermogravimetric Analysis–Mass Spectrometry
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10.1080/00222348.2013.810101
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2014-01
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Qu Hongqiang;Wu Weihong;Hao Jian-wei;Sun Jian-hong;Xu Jianzhong
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Qu Hongqiang;Wu Weihong;Hao Jian-wei;Sun Jian-hong;Xu Jianzhong
The flammability of epoxy resin (EP) and its composite with ammonium polyphosphate (EPAPP) was investigated with limiting oxygen index (LOI), UL 94, and cone calorimeter tests. A systematic and comparative evaluation of the thermal degradation of EP and EPAPP has been investigated using thermogravimetry coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (TG–FTIR) and thermogravimetry coupled with mass spectrometry (TG–MS). The results showed that the flame retardant of ammonium polyphosphate (APP) can constitute an intumescent flame retardant (IFR) system with EP, and APP can effectively improve the LOI of EP; with 6 wt% addition level of APP, EPAPP can pass UL 94 V 0 test. The cone calorimeter test results showed that the flame retardancy and smoke suppression of EP were significantly improved by APP, and toxic gas products such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide obviously decreased. Thermogravimetry–Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and TG–MS results showed that the degradation process of EP produces large amounts of gas products and mainly containing of water, carbon dioxide, methane, benzene and its derivatives, as well as phenol and its derivatives. Compared to EP, the kinds of decomposition products of EPAPP sample were not changed significantly, except that more ammonia gas was generated. For the EPAPP sample, the products of water, benzene, and phenol increased, whereas the carbon dioxide and the flammable hydrocarbon fragments CxHy decreased significantly during the decomposition.