Volume 137, Issue 12 48735
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Fabricating a partial wetting structure for improving the toughness of intumescent flame-retardant HDPE

Pan Zhao

Pan Zhao

Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics School, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023 China

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Xiping Gao

Xiping Gao

Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics School, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023 China

Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013 China

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Chang Lu

Corresponding Author

Chang Lu

Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics School, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023 China

Correspondence to: C. Lu (E-mail: [email protected]) and D. Yao (E-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author
Xiao Wang

Xiao Wang

Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics School, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023 China

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Yuxin He

Yuxin He

Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics School, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023 China

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Dahu Yao

Corresponding Author

Dahu Yao

Chemical Engineering and Pharmaceutics School, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023 China

Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Polymer Micro/Nano Manufacturing and Devices, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013 China

Correspondence to: C. Lu (E-mail: [email protected]) and D. Yao (E-mail: [email protected])Search for more papers by this author
First published: 21 November 2019
Citations: 8

ABSTRACT

A multistep processing method was developed to fabricate a partial wetting morphology for improving toughness of flame retardant polymer. In the first step, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and nylon 6 (PA6) were melt-extruded with intumescent flame retardant (IFR) for fabricating HDPE/PA6/IFR blends with a core–shell structure (core: IFR, shell: PA6). At the second step, maleic anhydride-grafted-linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE-g-MAH) was melted with HDPE/PA6/IFR at processing temperatures slightly below the melting temperature of PA6 to produce a partial wetting morphology in which LLDPE-g-MAH phase with the sphere was dispersed at the HDPE/PA6 interface. The effect of the LLDPE-g-MAH content on the impact strength was investigated, and high toughness was exhibited in the blend with 2 wt % LLDPE-g-MAH. Its elongation at break and notched impact strength were 43 and 270% higher, respectively, than that of neat HDPE. The unique interface failure mode was responsible for the high impact strength. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48735.

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