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BCC Research in cooperation with Dr. Menachem Lewin presents

The 19th Annual Conference
Recent Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials


Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Session II continued: Halogen and Non-Halogen Flame Retardants

Chairman: Manfred Doering, Institute for Technical Chemistry, Karlsruhe, Germany

8:30-9:00 a.m.
The Relationship between Structures of Various Reactive Type Organo-phosphorus Monomers and Their Flame Retardancy When Copolymerized with MMA or SAN
Jinhwan Kim, Congtranh Nguyen, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea; Boknam Jang, Beomjun Joo, Cheil Industries, Euiwang , Korea

In order to improve fire performance of polymeric materials, various reactive type organo-phosphorus monomers based on vinyl, allyl or vinyl esters, or allyl esters of phosphonate and phosphate were synthesized. The success of synthesis was confirmed by 1H- and 31P-NMR. Monomer was copolymerized with either methacrylate(MMA) or styrene-acrylonitrile(SAN) and the flame retardancies of obtained copolymers were evaluated using UL-94 vertical test. The fire and degradation behaviors of the copolymers were investigated by micro-cone calorimeter, LOI, and TGA. The relationship between structure parameters of copolymer such as chemical structure (vinyl, allyl or vinyl esters, vs. allyl esters) and phosphorus content and the fire-retarding behavior of copolymers will be discussed. Reactivity ratios of different monomers and consequent extent of monomer incorporation in copolymer will also be discussed.

9:00-9:30 p.m.
Organo-Siloxane Copolymers as Environmentally-Safe Flame Retardant Materials
Ravi Mosurkal, Lynne A. Samuelson, Cathy Capone, Heidi Schreuder-Gibson, U.S. Army Natick Soldier RDEC, Natick, MA; Arthur Watterson, Institute for Nano-Science and Engineering Technology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA; Jayant Kumar, Center for Advanced Materials, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

Synthesis of functional materials via biocatalytic methods using enzymes is of great interest due to its advantages which include environmental compatibility, economical synthesis and ease of processability. Research in the area of flame-retardant (FR) materials is of growing interest due to their numerous applications in clothing, construction, aviation and telecommunications. Halogen based flame retardant polymers, until recently were a cost effective solution to FR materials but are now banned due to the release of toxic gases. Thus, there exists the need to develop environmentally-safe and economical sound processable polymers with efficient flame retardant properties. We have recently shown that biocatalytically synthesized siloxane based copolyesters, copolyamides and copolyimides have great potential as FR materials.1-3 In this paper, we present the synthesis, characterization, thermal and flame retardant properties of this novel class of organo-siloxane copolymers. We also discuss the effect of cross-linking and additives on these polymers in thermal decomposition and flame retardant properties.



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