Pei Zhang,Hui Wang,Xia Liu,Xuefeng Shi,Jian Zhang,Guang Yang,Keji Sun,Jinben Wang
The dynamic surface tension and dilational viscoelasticity properties of amphiphilic polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers were investigated to probe the hydrophobic chain effect on the interfacial properties and the demulsification behaviors. The values of dynamic parameters n and t * representing diffusion speed of the molecules obtained according to the Rosen equation decreased with the increasing of bulk concentration. Taking the hydrophobic effect into consideration, the t * values decreased and n values increased with the increase of alkyl chain length, suggesting easier adsorption and faster diffusion for longer hydrophobic chain which was opposite to the tendency of traditional surfactants. Further dilational viscoelasticity studies demonstrated that the properties referring to adsorption and exchange-diffusion were probably affected by the aggregates conformation at the interface. Subsequently, from the demulsification experiments a conclusion can be drawn that the amphiphilic dendrimers with branched dendritic structure possesses superior properties of breaking W/O crude oil emulsions, showing a certain correlation to the dilational viscoelasticity properties.
Fabricating an effective synergism between the condensed phase (char-forming) and the gas phase (free-radical quenching) is recently considered to be a very promising way to prepare high-efficient intumescent flame retardants . In this work, a novel hindered amine phosphorous-nitrogen macromolecular charring agent (HAPN) with free-radical quenching capability was synthesized and characterized. Then it was combined with ammonium polyphosphate (APP) to flame-retard polypropylene (PP). The flame retardancy and thermal stability of PP/HAPN/APP mixtures were investigated by limiting oxygen index (LOI), vertical burning test (UL-94), cone calorimetric test (CCT) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). When the content of HAPN/APP was 25 wt%, PP/HAPN/APP could self-extinguish at 36 s after igniting in the oxygen concentration of 29.5% and achieve a UL-94 V-0 rating. Meanwhile, the peak heat release rate (PHRR), total heat release rate (THR), average heat release rate (AV-HRR) and average mass loss rate (AV-MLR) were significantly decreased. The flame retardant mechanism of HAPN/APP was explored and the results revealed that there was an effective synergism between the condensed phase and the gas phase during the combustion. In the condensed phase, HAPN could make PP involve into the char-forming reaction to promote the formation of compact and firm intumescent char layer. Simultaneously, the nitroxyl radical generated by HAPN could effectively restrain and even extinguish the flame in the gas phase by quenching the active free-radicals.