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Thermal degradation and combustion behavior of flame-retardant epoxy resins with novel phosphorus-based flame retardants and silicon particles

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The investigation focuses on the effect of silicon particles (Si) and phosphorus-based flame retardants on the flame retardancy of epoxy resins. The flame-retardant properties have been studied by limiting oxygen index, vertical burning test, cone calorimeter test and micro-combustion calorimeter. The results demonstrate that Si, FR and APP can greatly improve the flame-retardant and thermal properties. It is found that the addition of Si/APP/FR can promote the formation of stable char layers, indicating the condensed-phase effect of the flame retardants.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21704111, 21472241), Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (Nos. E2016507032, E2016507027) and Hebei Science and Technology Project (17271221).

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    Lingang Lu, Zejun Zeng, Xiaodong Qian, Gaosong Shao & Huiya Wang

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Lu, L., Zeng, Z., Qian, X. et al. Thermal degradation and combustion behavior of flame-retardant epoxy resins with novel phosphorus-based flame retardants and silicon particles. Polym. Bull. 76, 3607–3619 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-018-2567-8

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