简介:Theinfluencelawofammoniumpolyphosphate(APP)andcouplingagentsonthemechanicalpropertiesandflameretardantpropertiesofwoodpowder/PEcompositeswerestudiedbymechanicaltestandlimitedoxygenindex(LOI)test.TheexperimentalresultsshowthattheLOIofcompositesincreasedfrom18.7%to26.5%whenthecontentofAPPflameretardantwas30%,howeverthemechanicalpropertiesdecreased.ThemaleicanhydridegraftPP,titanateandsilanecouplingagentwereusedtoimprovemechanicalpropertiesofcompositesanditwasimpliedthattitanateandsilanecouplingagentcanimprovethemechanicalpropertiesofcompositesobviously.Thelimitedoxygenindexofwoodpowder/PEcompositesreached27.5%whenthecontentoftitanatewas2%.Thermogravimetricanalysis(TGA)showsthatAPPpromotedcharringandincreasedtheamountsofchar,thusprotectingtheinnermatrixandincreasedtheamountofresidualcharathighertemperature.Thetitanatecouplingagentfurtherincreasedthecharringformedandstrengthenedthethermalstability,soobviouslyincreasedtheflameretardantofcomposites.