In this work, kaolinite (K) was firstly converted to one kind of microporus aluminosilicate (4A) by a green andeconomical method, which was thenacted as the precursor to synthesize two other microporus aluminosilicate (3A and 5A) by ions exchange.After modified and loaded with one kind of rare earth ion (La 3+ ), the final product (A-La) was then used as synergist to enhance fire retardant property for polypropylene (PP) with intumescent flame-retardants (IFR). The properties of PP composites for thermal stability and flame retardant were studied and demonstrated that A-La, especially 4A-La, had the most obviously flame-retardant effect. Meanwhile, the macro/ micro-structure of char residues and real-time fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) after heating also showed that A-La were helpful to promote the formation of homogenous and compact intumescent char layer. This dense carbon layer can effectively control the convection of combustion gases mixture, and heat transfer between underlying matrix and outside environment. K E Y W O R D S flame retardant, kaolinite, Microporus aluminosilicate, polypropylene 1 | INTRODUCTION Microporus aluminosilicate (MA) is a kind of three-dimensional structure with high crystallinity, large surface area, thermal stability and containing the alkali earth metals or metals groups. 1-3 It shows special structure of sockets and interconnected channels that containing compensational ions such as Na + , Ca 2+ and K + . This structure endows MA with high cation exchange capacity and catalytic efficiency in many fields, such as purification, sewage treatment, industrial catalysis and so on. 4,5 More than 20 years ago, MA were firstly used in flame retardantscience for polymer and then its application and research was rapidly promoted in this filed. 6,7 Meanwhile, even though some literatures have concerned and compared the basic properties of MA and its modified products, such as adsorbability and catalyticactivity and so on, there are still few reported about flame retardant effect in polymer composites using a series of different kinds of MA and modified MA with special structure and composition. 8,9Moreover, taking into account of the storage capacity and purity of nature MA for special applications is limited, therefore, it is important and necessary to synthesize high-quality MA by using cheap and plentiful raw resources, as well as green and economical technology in order to meet the requirement in applications field in the future. Fortunately, cheap and abundant of nature K with formula of Si 2 Al 2 O 5 (OH) 4 and similar SiO 2 /Al 2 O 3 ratio to that of MA can be used as a raw resource to synthetic MA. 10-12 Therefore, it is a reasonable way to obtain a series of MA with higher added value from K. [13][14][15] 4A is one kind of MA, and it is usually synthesized with the changeable cation of Na + . 3 Other changeable cations such as K + and Ca 2+ are also used, and the corresponding product is 3A and 5A, respectively. 16 And the effective diameter of the microporous for 3...