Flame Retardant Polyamide 6 Composites Using NMH or NMH/MCA/APP

Abstract:

In this paper, flame retardant Polyamide 6 (PA6) composites were prepared by nano-magnesium hydroxide (NMH) or its composites with melamine cyanurate(MCA) and ammonium polyphosphate(APP). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used to analyze the structure of nano-magnesium hydroxide. The properties including tensile properties, molten index (MFI), rockwell hardness and density of flame retardant PA6 were analyzed. Orthogonal experiments were used to study flame retardancy of PA6 with NMH, MCA and APP. The results showed NMH had hexagonal orthorhombic crystal structure with size of 300×200×100nm. Density of polyamide 6 showed an upward trend when the content of NMH was increasing, the mechanical properties and hardness changed little while processing performance serious declined. The flame retardance of nitrogen-phosphorus -inorganic flame retardants was not desirable.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 189-193)
• Pages: 1208-1211
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.189-193.1208
• Online since: February 2011
• Authors: Yan Shen, Shao Guo Wen, Ji Hu Wang, Hong Bo Liu, Hai Liang Qi, Qian Xu, Wei Wei Hu
• Keywords: Ammonium Polyphosphate, Horizontal Burning, Melamine Cyanurate, Nano Magnesium Hydroxide, PA6

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