Catalytically synergistic effects of novel LaMnO₃ composite metal oxide in intumescent flame‐retardant polypropylene system

Abstract

The newly prepared LaMnO3 was introduced as a novel perovskite composite metal oxide catalyst for the first time to improve the flame retardancy of flame‐retarded (FR) polypropylene with intumescent flame‐retardant (IFR) system consisting of ammonium polyphosphate (APP), pentaerythritol (PER), and melamine (MA). The synergistic effects of LaMnO3 catalyst on the performance of IFR PP composites as well as the corresponding catalytically synergistic FR mechanism were investigated. The experimental results show that the incorporated LaMnO3 catalyst plays an excellently catalytic and synergistic part in improvement of the flame retardancy of FR PP system. Compared with FR system without LaMnO3, the incorporation of only 0.5 wt% LaMnO3 into PP FR system could obviously improve the UL‐94 level from failure to V‐0 rating and decrease the micro‐scale calorimetry parameters peak heat release rate and heat release capacity. The remarkable improvement in flammability can be ascribed to the catalytic carbonization effect of LaMnO3 on the intumescent flame retardant PP system. The incorporation of appropriate amount of LaMnO3, on one hand, could improve the thermal stability of FR PP material, and on the other hand, could also act as nuclei to induce formation of the continuous, compact and smooth condensed phase intumescent charred layer with radialized spherulite‐like structure. As a result, the char yield and also the quality of the formed condensed phase charred layers are correspondingly enhanced remarkably, which is beneficial to improvement of the FR properties. POLYM. COMPOS., 35:2390–2400, 2014. © 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers

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