Abstract
It is significant to treat cotton fabrics with flame retardant, which can effectively protect them from damage in the fire. A novel reactive flame retardant coating, ammonium salt of N,N-dimethylene-piperazine-(methylphosphonic acid) (ASNDP), was prepared and employed to enhance the anti-burning effect of pure cotton fabrics. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum were used to analyze the chemical composition of the synthesized ASNDP. The combustion behavior and anti-burning performance of coated cotton fabrics were fully investigated with using cone calorimetry test, limited oxygen index (LOI) test and vertical flammability test. The total heat release value of the sample coated with ASNDP (450 g/L) decreased to 3.7 ± 0.1 MJ/m2 and the LOI value of the sample with a weight gain of 17.4 ± 0.3% raised to 29.5 ± 0.1%. The thermal and thermo-oxidative stability of coated cotton fabrics were researched with thermogravimetric analysis. The integral procedural decomposition temperature (IPDT) value of coated cotton fabrics in nitrogen atmosphere increased from 610.1 to 1402.8 °C, which proved that ASNDP inhibited the thermal degradation of fiber unit by promoting the growth of the char layer. Besides, the morphological structure of uncoated and coated samples before and after combustion was characterized by scanning electron microscopy. It can be observed that the fiber skeleton of the coated cotton fabrics was evenly distributed and remained intact after combustion. The conclusion was that ASNDP endowed cotton fabrics with good flame retardancy, and effectively performed the flame-retardant effect in both gas phase and the condensed phase.
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A novel phosphorus–nitrogen synergistic flame retardant containing multiple reactive groups was successfully synthesized and applied to improve the flame retardancy and thermal stability of pure cotton fabrics.
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We thankfully acknowledge the funding from the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. ZR2018MEM026) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China (Grant No. 51991354).
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Sun, L., Wang, H., Li, W. et al. Preparation, characterization and testing of flame retardant cotton cellulose material: flame retardancy, thermal stability and flame-retardant mechanism. Cellulose 28, 3789–3805 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03632-6
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