Synergistic effect of organo‐montmorillonite on intumescent flame retardant ethylene‐octene copolymer. Issue 4 (7th January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guo, Jianbing; He, Min; Li, Qingfeng; Yu, Jie; Qin, Shuhao
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied polymer science. Volume 129:Issue 4(2013:Aug. 15)
• Page Start: 2063
• Page End: 2069
• Publication Date: 2013-01-07
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 668.9
• DOI: 10.1002/app.38920
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8995

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Nanocomposite of thermoplastic elastomer ethylene‐octene copolymer/maleated ethylene‐octene (POE/POE‐g‐MAH) with organo‐montmorillonite (OMMT, 11 wt %) as masterbatch have been obtained by melt blending and it has been characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Flame retardant POE/POE‐g‐MAH/OMMT/ammonium polyphosphate‐pentaerythritol (APP‐PER) (an intumescent flame retardant with 75 wt % ammonium polyphosphate and 25 wt % pentaerythritol) composites were prepared by using melting processing to study their structures, flame‐retardancy, thermal, and mechanical properties. TEM showed exfoliated structures throughout POE/POE‐g‐MAH/OMMT masterbatch and POE/POE‐g‐MAH/OMMT/APP‐PER nanocomposites. Synergistic effect was observed between OMMT and APP‐PER resulting in significant improvements on thermal stability, flame‐retardancy and mechanical properties in the POE/POE‐g‐MAH/OMMT/APP‐PER nanocomposites. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013</p> </abstract>