難燃高分子材料在軍事設備及航太工業之應用甚為重要,隨著 科技進步,難燃高分子材料製備之技術亦應不斷改進,而納米技術 即為最近發展迅速之領域亦可用於難燃材料上。 本研究主要以PU發泡體及PU薄膜為基材探討納米材對此高分子難燃性之影響,提高PU本身的耐燃性並藉此提高其附加價值,使難燃技術朝向無鹵素、低發煙量且更符合環保之要求。 在此研究中以Clay單獨或與磷氮環化合物、膨脹型石墨(EG)等難燃劑併用,應用到PU發泡體中,探討難燃劑混摻對發泡過程的影響及混摻後發泡體之難燃性質,而在PU薄膜中則只添加Clay,目的是與添加Clay之PU發泡體相比較,藉此瞭解Clay對難燃性之影響及其反應機構為何。此外,對添加難燃劑之PU發泡體利用TGA、LOI、Cone Calorimeter及萬能拉力機等測試其物性,而PU薄膜之性質則利用TGA、DSC、X-ray、FTIR及TEM等測試之。結果顯示,Clay的添加會影響發泡體的密度,本研究所製備之PU發泡體密度依添加量之不同可介於22-71kg/m3之間。添加Clay、磷氮環化合物及膨脹型石墨可改善發泡體之耐燃性,其中以添加5parts之2C12-Clay及10parts之膨脹型石墨的PU發泡體之改善效果較佳,LOI值由18提高至24.5(ΔLOI=6.5)。而添加Clay之PU薄膜其熱性質會隨著Clay的添加量之增加而上升,其中以添加6%wtCH2-Clay之改善效果最佳,T5%由280.5℃提高至308.8℃(ΔT5%=28.3℃)。另外從X-ray繞射儀及TEM的測試結果發現,Clay大多是以插層(intercalated)的型式分散在PU薄膜中。而添加Clay對PU薄膜之Tg並無多大的影響,這可由DSC的結果得知。
This study is divided into two parts: First , a series of novel polyurethane(PU) /Clay nanocomposite foams has been prepared from the polyurethane and the organoclay . Dilaurylmethylammonium bromide [CH3(CH2)11]2(CH3)2N.Br and 4,4-diaminodiphenylmethane (H2NC6H5CH2C6H5NH2) were used as swelling agents to modify Na+-montmorillonite to organoclays (2C12-Clay and CH2-Clay) through ion exchange. For common the other flame-retardants such as expandable graphite(EG) and phosphazene [N3P3(OC6H5)3(NH2)3] were also used with organoclay to prepare the corresponding flame-retardant PU foams. Secondly , PU films/Clay hybrids were prepared using a prepolymer method .The nanometer-scale layers of organoclay were completely intercalated in PU films as confirmed by the X-ray diffraction pattern and the transmission electron microscopy(TEM) studies . The segmented structures of PU were not interfered by the presence of the organoclay in thesenanocomposites as evidenced by their Tg from DSC and FTIR measurements . The thermal stability , flame-retardancy and mechanical property of the PU foams were characterized by TGA , LOI , cone calorimeter and tensile testing . The results showed that the PU foams/Clay , PU foams/Clay-EG , PU foams/Clay-TAPP all had good thermal stability and a higher char yield than the corresponding PPG-PU foams without flame-retardant . The LOI value of the best one was about 6.5 higher than the PPG-PU foams .When the organoclay was well dispersed in PU films , the degradation temperature of the PU /Clay nanocomposites films were slightly higher than that of the PPG-PU films .