Yuran Shao, Yuting Wang, Fei Yang, Chungui Du, Jiawei Zhu, Ying Ran, Qichao Bao, Yingying Shan, Weigang Zhang
Waterborne acrylic coatings, the largest market share of predominant environmentally friendly coatings, face limitations in their extensive application due to their flammability. The flame-retardant properties of the coatings could be significantly enhanced by incorporate inorganic flame retardants. However, inorganic flame retardants tend to aggregate and unevenly disperse in waterborne acrylic coatings, causing a substantial decrease in flame retardancy. In this work, sodium silicate was utilized as a flame retardant, with urea and melamine serving as modifiers and synergistic agents...
March 26, 2024: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry