Volume 140, Issue 30 e54102
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Synergistic effect of OMMT and Ni2O3 on the flame retardancy of LLDPE/EVA composites with magnesium hydroxide

Pengwei Wu

Pengwei Wu

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China

Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, China

Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Formal analysis (lead), ​Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)

Search for more papers by this author
Jie Liu

Corresponding Author

Jie Liu

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China

Correspondence

Jie Liu, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.

Email: [email protected]

Song Wang, Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China.

Email: [email protected]

Contribution: Data curation (lead), Formal analysis (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)

Search for more papers by this author
Song Wang

Corresponding Author

Song Wang

Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, China

Correspondence

Jie Liu, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.

Email: [email protected]

Song Wang, Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China.

Email: [email protected]

Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal)

Search for more papers by this author
Sanxi Li

Sanxi Li

Key Laboratory of Polymer and Catalyst Synthesis Technology of Liaoning Province, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, China

Contribution: Validation (equal)

Search for more papers by this author
Tao Tang

Tao Tang

State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China

Contribution: Resources (lead), Writing - review & editing (equal)

Search for more papers by this author
First published: 16 May 2023
Citations: 1

Abstract

Organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT) and Ni2O3 were simultaneously introduced into flame-retardant linear low-density polyethylene/ethylene-vinyl acetate/magnesium hydroxide (LEM) composites. Compared with the LEM composite, the thermal stability, and tensile properties of LEM/ remained basically unchanged when 5 wt% of OMMT/Ni2O3 was substituted for MH. The LOI value increased a little from 27.2 to 27.7%. The data from cone calorimeter test showed that the first and second peak heat release rate was reduced by 19% and 67%, respectively. The total heat release and total smoke production showed a significant reduction by 18% and 36% after incorporation of OMMT/Ni2O3, respectively. The mechanism study indicated that the combination of OMMT/Ni2O3 cooperates promote the carbonization of the polymer itself into carbon naotubes, which form a more cohesive char layer with magnesium hydroxide during combustion. This is the core factor responsible for the synergistic effect on reducing the heat release and smoke production in the LEM composite.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The authors declare no competing financial interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties.