Preparation and ablation properties study of a single component ceramifiable RTV silicone rubber

Room temperature vulcanised (RTV) silicone rubber is widely used in daily life. Ordinary and traditional flame-retarding RTV silicone rubber are easy to turn into brittle char layer or ashes without any self-supporting and bonding ability after experiencing a combustion process, which could not inhibit the secondary disasters after fire. To improve the fire-resistance performances of RTV silicone rubber, a new single component ceramifiable RTV silicone rubber was prepared in this work. The tack-free time, mechanical properties and thermal properties of different formulations were tested. The flexural strength and adhesion strength of the ceramic residues were studied by orthogonal designed experiments, which exhibited the maximum of 8.80 and 0.300 MPa after sintering at 1000 °C, respectively. The ceramifying process of the single component ceramifiable RTV silicone rubber at high temperatures was also investigated. These results will provide a basis for the development of fire-resistant silicone adhesive with better performance that can meet the actual needs.