Abstract:
The vinyl-terminated oligophosphate hybrid monomer (VOPP) was synthesized by step-reaction polymerization using phenyl dichlorophosphate(PDCP), ethylene glycol(EG), methanol, hydroxyethyl methylacrylate(HEMA), VOPP and styrene (St) by graft copolymerization preparation of phosphorus element of hybrid monomer grafted polystyrene copolymer (VOPP-co-St). The structural characteristics and average molecular weight of VOPP were explored by FTIR and gel permeation chromatography(GPC).The thermal stability and flame-retardant properties of the VOPP-co-St were evaluated by TGA, limit oxygen index(LOI) and microscale combustion calorimeter; The morphology and composition of the char layer were investigated by SEM and XPS. The thermal decomposition activation energy(
Ea) of VOPP-co-St was calculated by Flynn-Wall-Ozawa(FWO) method. The results show that the temperature of maximum decomposition rate, residual mass and LOI of VOPP-co-St increase with the increase of VOPP content, peak heat release rate(PHRR) and total heat release(THR) reduce with the increase of VOPP content, and droplet phenomenon disappeare, while
Ea increases with the increase of degradation conversion rate.