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Synthesis and Properties of Thermoplastic Polyisocyanurates: Polyisocyanuratoamide, Polyisocyanurato(Ester-Amide) and Polyisocyanurato (Urea-Ester)

Rui Hou¹, Zhihuang Zhang¹, Guangzhao Zhang¹, Donglin Tang^1,2,3,*

1 Department of Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
2 Key Laboratory of Luminescence from Molecular Aggregates of Guangdong Province (South China University of Technology), Guangzhou, 510640, China
3 Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering (South China University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510640, China

* Corresponding Author: Donglin Tang. Email:

Journal of Renewable Materials 2020, 8(4), 397-403. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2020.08912

Received 23 October 2019; Accepted 11 February 2020; Issue published 24 April 2020

Abstract

It has been proved that introducing isocyanurate into polymer chains could improve the flame retardancy of polymers. We describe in this work the synthesis and the thermal property study of three thermoplastic polyisocyanurates, which are polyisocyanuratoamide (PICA-6), polyisocyanurato(ester amide) (PICEA-6) and polyisocyanurato(urea ester) (PICUE-6). These polymers show similar and improved thermal stability with the existence of isocyanurate rings. PICA-6 is more crystalizable than the rest two and the melting temperature is found to be around 240°C but it still crystalizes slowly. For PICEA-6 and PICUE-6, only glass transition can be observed on the DSC traces. The glass transition temperature follows the order of PICA-6 > PICEA-6 > PICUE-6 (101.9, 77.9 and 28.7°C, respectively).

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