Effect of metal oxides on fire resistance and char formation of intumescent flame retardant coating

You Zhou, Xiu Liu, Fang Wang, Jian Wei Hao*, Jian Xin Du

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    Abstract

    Metal oxides (MO) can remarkably affect the char formation of intumescent flame retardants (IFR) during thermal decomposition, thereby improving the fire resistance property of IFR coatings. In present work, Fe2O3, ZnO and TiO2 were separately incorporated with caged bicyclic phosphates based IFR in epoxy coating, and their effects on fire resistance and char formation of the IFR coating were investigated. Back temperature test results showed that MO worked synergistically on improving fire resistance of the coating and their effectiveness of improvement followed the trend of Fe2O3>ZnO>TiO2. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), laser Raman spectroscopy (LRS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results revealed that MO promoted the formation of pseudo-graphic char with improved thermal stability which still survived at high temperature, and their effectiveness of promotion also followed the trend of Fe2O3>ZnO>TiO2.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)972-978
    Number of pages7
    JournalWuji Cailiao Xuebao/Journal of Inorganic Materials
    Volume29
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2014

    Keywords

    • Caged bicyclic phosphates
    • Epoxy coating
    • Intumescent flame retardancy
    • Metal oxides

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