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Fukai Chu1, Dichang Zhang2, Yanbei Hou1
1State Key Laboratory of Fire Science , University of Science and Technology of China , 96 Jinzhai Road , Hefei , Anhui 230026 , PR China.
Abstract:
It has been a big challenge to prepare the unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) composites with good fire safety, interfacial quality, and impact strength in an environmentally friendly way. In this study, to improve interfacial performance of fabric-reinforced UPR composites, nontoxic two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanosheets were assembled on the surface of ramie fabrics, where sodium alginate acts as a green dispersant to disperse h-BN sheets during the process. Then, the biobased phosphorus-containing toughening agent (PCTA) was synthesized to simultaneously improve the impact strength and fire safety of the composite. With application of h-BN nanosheets-assembled fabric (AF) and 20 wt % of PCTA, the AF/UPR@PCTA20 composite presented the maximum 41.2% decrease in the value of peak heat release rate and a maximum 17.8% decrease in the value of total heat release, which also reached V-0 rating in the vertical burning test. Meanwhile, the AF/UPR@PCTA20 composite showed an obvious increase in limiting oxygen index, from 24.0 to 29.5% compared with RF/UPR. The flame retardant mechanism was investigated from gas phase and condensed phase. Furthermore, compared to neat RF/UPR composite, the AF/UPR@PCTA20 composite showed a significant 68.8% improvement in impact strength, implying an extreme toughening effect of PCTA on UPR composites. The research provides a viable green method for the development of environmentally friendly UPR composites in the future.
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