Flame retardancy and thermal degradation mechanism of epoxy resins composites based on a PEPA-substituted polyphosphoramide
- DOI
- 10.2991/icaemt-15.2015.111How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- polyphosphoramide, epoxy resins, flame retardant, thermal stability.
- Abstract
A series of flame retardant epoxy resin composites with different content of PEPA-substituted polyphosphoramide (PSA) were prepared. The flame retardancy of EP/PSA composites was evaluated by UL-94 vertical burning test and the pyrolysis combustion flow calorimetry (PCFC). With the incorporation of 20 wt% PSA, the EP/PSA composites could reach the UL-94 V-0 rating and remarkable reduction of heat release rate could be observed. The thermal degradation mechanisms of the EP/PSA composites were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR). FTIR analysis indicated that PSA could catalysis the decomposition of EP at lower temperature. The thermal degradation kinetics results of EP and EP/PSA composites by the Kissinger method showed that the apparent activation energy (Ea) reduced with incorporation of PSA, which indicated PSA could efficiently catalysis and promote the char forming process of EP.
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- © 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Wei Zhao AU - Jiping Liu PY - 2015/08 DA - 2015/08 TI - Flame retardancy and thermal degradation mechanism of epoxy resins composites based on a PEPA-substituted polyphosphoramide BT - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Advanced Engineering Materials and Technology PB - Atlantis Press SP - 578 EP - 582 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icaemt-15.2015.111 DO - 10.2991/icaemt-15.2015.111 ID - Zhao2015/08 ER -