The quality of octabromoether is basically the same as that of foreign countries, but attention should be paid to improving the shape of products. Overseas countries have changed from traditional powder to granular. In recent two years, major domestic manufacturers have also produced granular octabromoether, which has made gratifying progress.
The thermal stability of hexabromocyclododecane affects its application effect in the processing of flame retardant products. The heat-resistant hexabromocyclododecane imported from abroad can maintain a stable structure at the processing temperature of general polymers, and once burned, it will not produce too much smoke. This is the improvement of hexabromocyclododecane in China.
As for tetrabromobisphenol A, if imported bisphenol A is brominated to produce products, the quality is often higher than that of domestic bisphenol A raw materials. Brominated flame retardants are still the main force in flame retardant technology all over the world. At present, the prejudice against brominated flame retardants will be confirmed with the further development of science. It will still be widely used in the next 20 years. Our evaluation is that we hate it, but we can not do without it. Other types of flame retardants in the family include phosphorus, triazine, silicon, intumescent and inorganic fillers. These flame retardants exert their unique flame retardant effects in various fields of application.
Among them, the organic phosphorus series of phosphorus flame retardants are mostly oil like, which are not easy to add in the process of polymer processing. They are commonly used in polyurethane foam, soft PVC, transformer oil, cellulose resin, natural and synthetic rubber. The red phosphorus in inorganic phosphorus system has good flame retardant effect and wide application because it is a pure flame retardant element, but its bright color restricts its application. The application of red phosphorus should pay attention to micronization and surface encapsulation (encapsulation), so that it can disperse well in polymer, has good compatibility with polymer, is not easy to migrate, and can maintain the flame retardancy of polymer for a long time. In addition, the degree of polymerization of ammonium polyphosphate is the key to determine the quality of the above two products. The higher the degree of polymerization, the better the flame retardant and fireproof effect. There are products with degree of polymerization of more than 100 in China, while the degree of polymerization of APP (ammonium polyphosphate) is more than 500 in foreign countries.
Triazine flame retardants are mainly melamine and its derivatives, which have multiple reaction functions and excellent thermal stability, durability and weather resistance. They have good flame retardant effect and compatibility with polymers, so they are widely used. Commonly used are melamine, melamine urea cyanate (MCA), etc.
Silicon based flame retardants are very small in domestic production and production. Intumescent flame retardants are developed as phosphorus and nitrogen based flame retardants in recent years. When these flame retardants are heated, a dense carbon foam layer is formed on the surface, which plays a role in heat insulation, oxygen isolation, smoke suppression, and can prevent droplets, and has good flame retardancy. Since 1992, there have been reports of successful research in China. So far, many research institutes have been engaged in the development of this field, but there are still no reports of industrial scale production.
There may be two reasons why the scale production has not been achieved: one is that there are unreacted inorganic acids in the product, which reflect the moisture absorption phenomenon on the surface of flame retardant products; the other is that the N-P intumescent flame retardant is the synthesis of some macromolecular compounds, and the last step is solid-state reaction. Its mass transfer and heat transfer process is too complex to industrialize.
Finally, the inorganic flame retardants need to be noted that antimony trioxide has always been classified into this category, but strictly speaking, antimony trioxide itself is not a flame retardant, it is only a synergist with halogen flame retardants. Aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide are the main inorganic flame retardants, especially when halogen-free flame retardants are advocated in some fields, they will become the first choice. Because inorganic flame retardants need to be added in a large amount, in some special cases will exceed the amount of polymer itself, therefore, it is bound to have a great impact on the physical and mechanical properties of polymers, which requires the treatment of inorganic flame retardants, namely, particulatization, surface activation. The purpose of micronization is to make them disperse evenly in polymers and play a flame retardant role in the bulk. Experiments show that to meet the same flame retardant standard, the dosage of micronization can be reduced appropriately. In addition, surface activation is to make the inorganic flame retardant compatible with the polymer, which can reduce the mechanical strength of the polymer itself due to the addition of a large number of inorganic flame retardants.
Recently, some articles have talked about the flame retardant superiority of inorganic nanoparticles. Our work experience shows that the addition of these nanoparticles may be beneficial to improve mechanical strength, but it will not have a great impact on the flame retardant performance. Because the flame retardant mechanism of inorganic flame retardant is to reduce the system temperature by releasing water vapor through thermal decomposition, and at the same time water vapor dilutes the flammable gas to achieve flame retardant effect. It is determined by the amount of water vapor, so it is related to the amount of flame retardant, and has nothing to do with whether the flame retardant is nanoparticles or not. Generally speaking, the particle size distribution of inorganic flame retardant is between 2 and 5 microns. Enough.
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