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Flame‐retardant effect of polyaniline coating deposited on cellulose fibers
Author(s) -
Stejskal Jaroslav,
Trchová Miroslava,
Sapurina Irina
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.22144
Subject(s) - polyaniline , materials science , cellulose , chemical engineering , coating , polymer chemistry , pyrolytic carbon , polyaniline nanofibers , fire retardant , polymer , pyrolysis , composite material , polymerization , engineering
Filtration paper was coated with a thin polyaniline film. The content of conducting polymer was 8.2 and 6.3 wt % for polyaniline hydrochloride and polyaniline base, respectively. After burning, the coated material retains the original fibrilar morphology of cellulose. The polyaniline coating converts to solid carbonaceous products. The resulting structure prevents the formation of gaseous carbon oxides by restricting the access of oxygen to cellulose. While the ash from the uncoated paper after burning is 0.005 wt %, the microtubular residue of polyaniline‐coated paper is 16–24 wt % of the original mass. The flame‐retardant performance of polyaniline and poly(1,4‐phenylenediamine) coatings was comparable both for the protonated forms and the corresponding bases. The conversion of polyaniline‐coated cellulose fibers to solid pyrolytic products was characterized by FTIR and Raman spectroscopies. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 98: 2347–2354, 2005