Preparation method and application of three-source integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of flame retardant preparation, and particularly relates to a preparation method and application of a three-source-integrated hyperbranched flame retardant.
Background
The intumescent flame retardant technology is a novel flame retardant technology developed in the middle of the 90 s of the 20 th century. When the Intumescent Flame Retardant (IFR) is used for flame-retarding plastics, an intumescent carbon layer is formed on the surface of the plastics to play roles in heat insulation, oxygen isolation, smoke suppression and molten drop prevention, and low smoke, low toxicity, no molten drop and no corrosive gas are generated. The phosphorus-nitrogen IFR is a composite flame retardant mainly comprising phosphorus, nitrogen and carbon as main components, and mainly comprises three parts: (1) the acid source, also called as a carbonization catalyst or a dehydrating agent, is usually an inorganic acid compound or an inorganic acid, has the function of promoting the generation of the carbonization compound, and has the following specific varieties: boric acid, ammonium phosphate salts, phosphoric acid esters, phosphoric acid salts, ammonium polyphosphate (APP), and the like; (2) carbon sources, also called char-forming agents, are mainly carbohydrates or polyols with a high carbon content, such as polymers (polyurethanes, etc.), starch, lignin, Pentaerythritol (PER), dipentaerythritol, etc.; (3) the gas source, also called a foaming source, can release inert gas to expand the carbon layer, mainly contains nitrogen compounds, and the specific types are as follows: melamine, urea, dicyandiamide, APP, and the like. IFR is mainly used for flame retarding in condensed phase by forming porous expanded carbon layer, which is formed by the following steps: (1) generating inorganic acid and polyesterified polyol which can be used as a dehydrating agent at a lower temperature; (2) at slightly higher temperatures, esterification reactions occur, with the potential for some release of small gaseous molecules; (3) the system is melted before or during esterification; (4) the non-combustible gas generated by the gas source and the water vapor generated by the reaction enable the melting system to further expand and foam, meanwhile, the polyol phosphate ester is further dehydrated and carbonized to form inorganic matters and carbon residues, and the system is further expanded and foamed; (5) forming a porous carbon foam layer.
At present, the three-source-in-one intumescent flame retardant is mainly composed of small molecules serving as an acid source, a carbon source and a gas source, such as phosphorus oxychloride (or phosphoric acid), melamine and pentaerythritol, and the obtained product has low molecular weight and poor compatibility with a polymer, and the mechanical property of the material is easily weakened by the existence of the small molecules.
Hyperbranched polymers have some unique properties due to their unique molecular structure. For example, good fluidity. The hyperbranched polymer has a highly branched molecular structure different from a random coil structure of a linear polymer in the traditional sense, has a compact molecular structure, has a spatial three-dimensional structure, shows Newtonian fluid behavior, and has a viscosity lower than that of the linear polymer with the same molecular weight. (iii) tailorable chemical properties. The linear polymer end groups have no significant effect on the properties of the polymer, whereas the hyperbranched polymer has a large number of terminal functional groups on the surface of the molecule, which have a significant effect on the properties of the hyperbranched polymer. The nature of the terminal groups of the hyperbranched polymer influences the reactivity, viscosity, polarity, crystallinity and glass transition temperature of the hyperbranched polymer. After the end group is modified, the property of the polymer is changed, and the application range of the polymer is expanded. More importantly, a large number of active end groups can be subjected to functional modification, so that the hyperbranched polymer has certain special functions.
Disclosure of Invention
The first purpose of the invention is to provide a preparation method of a three-source-one hyperbranched structure flame retardant. The invention utilizes a large amount of end groups and cutting chemical properties of the hyperbranched polymer to introduce amine phosphate groups into the hyperbranched polymer to obtain the flame retardant with high nitrogen and high phosphorus content. Fully modifying terminal hydroxyl groups of a Boltorn type hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester hyperbranched polymer to obtain an additive type 'three-source-one' intumescent flame retardant; partial end group modification is carried out on the Boltorn type hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polymer to obtain a reactive flame retardant, wherein one part of end groups are modified to be phosphate ammonium salt groups, and the other part of end groups are changed to be groups containing double bonds (or end hydroxyl groups are reserved), so that the reactive three-source-one intumescent flame retardant is obtained.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a preparation method of a three-source-one hyperbranched structure flame retardant comprises the following steps:
adding hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester and phosphoric acid into a reactor, and adding a catalyst phosphotungstic acid or p-toluenesulfonic acid;
step two, heating to 80 ℃, and reacting for 4 hours under a vacuum condition;
washing with ethanol, drying, and dissolving in acetone;
and step four, adding ethylenediamine with the molar ratio of phosphoric acid to react for 30 minutes to obtain a precipitate, washing with ethanol for three times, and drying to obtain light yellow powder.
According to the invention, when the molar ratio of the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester to the phosphoric acid is less than 1:0.5, the reactive type 'three-source-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant is obtained.
According to the invention, when the molar ratio of the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester to the phosphoric acid is greater than or equal to 1:0.5, the additive type 'three-source-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant is obtained.
The second purpose of the invention is to provide the application of the obtained three-in-one hyperbranched structure flame retardant, wherein the three-in-one hyperbranched structure flame retardant is used as a flame retardant for a high polymer material.
The third purpose of the invention is to provide the application of the obtained reactive type triple-source-integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant, wherein the reactive type triple-source-integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant is used as a chain extender or a crosslinking agent of a polyurethane reaction system.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the hyperbranched polymer has good fluidity and a large number of cavities, and the flame retardant with the 'three-source-in-one' hyperbranched structure is added into a plastic material, so that the flame retardant effect can be realized, the processing technology performance can be improved, the mechanical property can be improved, and the like, and the hyperbranched polymer is a multifunctional flame retardant.
Detailed Description
The following will explain the preparation method of the "three-in-one" hyperbranched structure flame retardant of the present invention in detail with reference to the specific examples. It should be understood that the following examples are illustrative only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
The techniques used in the following examples are, unless otherwise specified, conventional techniques known to those skilled in the art; the instruments and equipment used, unless otherwise noted in this specification, are commonly available to those of ordinary skill in the art.
The invention takes hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester as a carbon source, phosphoric acid as an acid source and ethylenediamine as a gas source, and prepares the three-source-integrated flame retardant by controlling the molar ratio of the carbon source, the acid source and the gas source and controlling the reaction conditions of a reactor.
Example 1 preparation of reactive "three-in-one" hyperbranched flame retardant
Step one, adding hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester and phosphoric acid into a reactor, and adding a catalyst phosphotungstic acid or p-toluenesulfonic acid, wherein the molar ratio of the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester to the phosphoric acid to the catalyst is 1:0.4: 0.5%;
step two, heating to 80 ℃, and reacting for 4 hours under a vacuum condition;
washing with ethanol, drying, and dissolving in acetone;
and step four, adding ethylenediamine with the molar ratio of phosphoric acid to react for 30 minutes to obtain a precipitate, washing with ethanol for three times, and drying to obtain light yellow powder, namely the reactive type triple-source integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant.
The reaction equation of the reactive type 'three-source-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant is as follows:
wherein,represents the internal structure of a hyperbranched polyester, the repeating unit of which is
Andrepresenting Boltorn type hyperbranched polyesters with different generations, wherein the small scale x represents that partial hydroxyl of x reacts with phosphoric acid in the Boltorn type hyperbranched polyesters; the subscript y indicates that the hydroxyl groups of the y moiety are not reacted in the Boltorn-type hyperbranched polyester.
In this embodiment, the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester may be dissolved in a solvent (acetone, dioxane, dimethyl sulfoxide, etc.) before use.
According to the algebraic change, when the molar ratio of the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester to the phosphoric acid is less than 1:0.5, the hydroxyl-terminated part of the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester is modified, and the reserved hydroxyl-terminated part can be reserved or further modified into other groups to become a reactive flame retardant.
Example 2 application of reactive type 'three-in-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant
The reactive triple-source-integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant can be used as a chain extender or a cross-linking agent of a polyurethane reaction system to become the reactive triple-source-integrated flame retardant of the polyurethane system. The specific operation steps are as follows:
mixing part of flame-retardant modified hyperbranched polyester, polyester polyol and toluene diisocyanate in a certain proportion, adding catalyst triphenyl bismuth, defoaming after uniform mixing, and placing into a mold to be cured for 2d at 60 ℃. The polyester polyol of this embodiment may be replaced with other polyols, for example, raw materials of polyurethane such as polyether polyol and polybutadiene polyol; toluene diisocyanate may also be another polyisocyanate.
Taking the fourth generation hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester as an example, polyurethane obtained by mixing the fourth generation hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester as a chain extender with polyester polyol and toluene diisocyanate is tested for the mechanical property of the flame retardant property. The mixing ratio and the results are detailed in Table 1.
TABLE 1 comparison of the properties of polyurethanes obtained by mixing partially flame-retardant modified hydroxy hyperbranched polyesters with polyester polyols and toluene diisocyanate
And (4) conclusion: along with the increase of the chain extender, the LOI value is continuously increased, the tensile strength of the material is gradually increased, the elongation at break is gradually reduced, and the better the flame retardant effect is.
Example 3 application of reactive type 'three-in-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant
The reactive type 'three-in-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant can react with monomers containing double bonds (such as acrylic acid, oleic acid and the like) to obtain end groups containing the double bonds, and can be used as a reactive type 'three-in-one' flame retardant for olefin polymer materials. Taking the acrylic acid modified partial end group as an example, the reaction equation is as follows:
the preparation method comprises the following steps:
and (3) carrying out flame retardant modification on part of terminal groups of the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester to obtain the reactive type triple-source-integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant. In the Boltorn type hyperbranched polyester, hydroxyl groups of the y part which do not participate in the reaction react with carboxylic acid containing double bonds to obtain the flame retardant containing double bonds. For example: the preparation method comprises the following steps of (1) adding a catalyst of p-toluenesulfonic acid (0.5% of the mole number of acrylic acid), adding toluene as a water-carrying agent, reacting for 5-6 h in an oil bath at 140 ℃, vacuumizing, washing with water after the reaction is finished, and drying for later use. Adding the product and excessive phosphoric acid (for example, the mole number of the terminal hydroxyl groups of the modified hyperbranched polyester: the mole number of the phosphoric acid is 1:0.6) into a reactor, adding phosphotungstic acid or p-toluenesulfonic acid (0.5 percent of the mole number of the hydroxyl groups) as catalysts according to different generations, reacting for 4 hours under vacuum conditions, and washing with ethanol. After drying, dissolving in acetone, adding ethylenediamine with the molar ratio of phosphoric acid to react for 30 minutes to obtain precipitate, washing with ethanol for three times, and drying to obtain light yellow powder.
The flame-retardant hyperbranched polyester containing double bonds and polypropylene (PP) are subjected to thermomechanical reaction and blending in a twin-screw extruder according to a certain composition ratio to obtain the flame-retardant PP. The fourth generation flame-retardant hyperbranched polyester containing double bonds is used as a reactive flame retardant to be blended with PP to obtain the flame-retardant PP, and the performances are shown in the following table 2.
TABLE 2 proportion and comparison of the Properties of flame-retardant hyperbranched polyester containing double bonds with PP
And (4) conclusion:
(1) with the increase of the content of the reactive three-source-one hyperbranched structure flame retardant, the oxygen index (LOI) of the flame-retardant PP is increased, the flame-retardant grade is improved, and the combustion performance of the material is reduced;
(2) with the increase of the content of the flame retardant, the tensile strength of the material is gradually increased;
(3) as the flame retardant content increases, the elongation at break decreases;
(4) with the increase of the content of the flame retardant, the impact strength of the material is gradually increased;
(5) as the flame retardant content increases, the viscosity of the material gradually decreases.
In summary, the addition of the reactive triple-source-integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant is beneficial to improving the mechanical property of the material, reducing the viscosity of the material and being beneficial to the molding processing of the material.
Example 4 preparation of additive type "three sources in one" hyperbranched structure flame retardant
Step one, adding hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester and phosphoric acid into a reactor, and adding a catalyst phosphotungstic acid or p-toluenesulfonic acid, wherein the molar ratio of the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester to the phosphoric acid to the catalyst is 1:0.6: 0.5%;
step two, heating to 80 ℃, and reacting for 4 hours under a vacuum condition;
washing with ethanol, drying, and dissolving in acetone;
and step four, adding ethylenediamine with the molar ratio of phosphoric acid to react for 30 minutes to obtain a precipitate, washing with ethanol for three times, and drying to obtain light yellow powder, namely the additive type tri-source integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant.
The reaction equation of the additive type 'three-source-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant is as follows:
whereinRepresents Boltorn type hyperbranched polyesters of different generations;
represents the internal structure of a hyperbranched polyester, the repeating unit of which is
According to the algebraic change, when the molar ratio of the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester to the phosphoric acid is more than or equal to 1:0.5, the hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyester is completely modified to become the additive flame retardant.
Example 5 application of additive type triple-source-integrated hyperbranched structure flame retardant
The additive type 'three-source-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant is used for a polypropylene system, and the flame retardant performance, the processing technology performance and the mechanical performance of the polypropylene system are researched. Adjusting the content of the flame retardant in a polypropylene system (different contents such as 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30% and the like are added), and researching the influence rule of the flame retardant with different contents on the flame retardant property, the processing technology property and the mechanical property of the material.
(1) The influence rule of the flame retardants with different contents on the flame retardant property, the processing property and the mechanical property of the material is explained through data or tables, linear relations and the like. The results are shown in table 3, table 3 is the flame retardant PP obtained by mixing all modified hydroxyl terminated hyperbranched polyesters with PP in a certain ratio.
TABLE 3 comparison of the Properties of all modified hydroxyl-terminated hyperbranched polyesters with PP and of the flame-retardant PP obtained
And (4) conclusion:
(1) with the increase of the content of the additive type 'three-source-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant, the oxygen index (LOI) of the flame-retardant PP is increased, the flame-retardant grade is improved, and the combustion performance of the material is reduced;
(2) with the increase of the content of the flame retardant, the tensile strength of the material is slightly reduced, then increased and finally slightly reduced, but still higher than that of PP without the flame retardant;
(3) the elongation at break is increased and the bending strength is gradually increased along with the increase of the content of the flame retardant;
(4) with the increase of the content of the flame retardant, the impact strength of the material is slightly reduced, then increased and finally slightly reduced;
(5) as the flame retardant content increases, the viscosity of the material gradually decreases.
In conclusion, the addition of the additive type 'three-source-one' hyperbranched structure flame retardant is beneficial to improving the mechanical property of the material, reducing the viscosity of the material and being beneficial to the molding processing of the material.
The embodiment 1-5 obtains the terminal groups containing nitrogen and phosphorus by carrying out flame retardant modification on the terminal hydroxyl hyperbranched polyester, has good flame retardant effect, and can improve the flame retardant property, reduce the viscosity and improve the mechanical property along with the addition of the flame retardant.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that it is obvious to those skilled in the art that several modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the technology of the present invention, for example, the remaining terminal groups of the partially modified hyperbranched polyester can be modified by other modifications, such as anhydride modification, to obtain a "tri-source" flame retardant with carboxyl groups. Such modifications and refinements are also to be considered within the scope of the present invention.