SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A FLAME RETARDANT HYPERBRANCHED POLYETHER

A brominated hyperbranched polyether has been synthesized from cyanuric chloride and sodium salt of tetrabromobisphenol-A by an A_2+B_3 approach.The synthesized polyether was characterized by ~1H-NMR,~(13)C-NMR,UV,FTIR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction studies,measurements of solution viscosity,molecular weight and solubiIity and elemental and thermogravimetric analyses.The flame retardancy of the synthesized polyether and its blends with commercially available plasticized poly(vinyl chloride)(PVC)and low density polyethylene(LDPE)was investigated by measurements of limiting oxygen index (LOI)value and thermogravimetric analysis.The properties are compared with a non-halogenated similar type of bisphenol-A based aromatic polyether after blending at different dose levels with the same base polymers.The LOI values of these blends indicated that these hyperbranched polyethers acted as flame retardant additives,and antimony trioxide had prominent synergistic effect with the bromo hyperbranched polyether for the above base polymers,and all increment of4 to 6 units in LOI values was observed.