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Preparing Expandable Graphite from Biomass waste and its Application as Fire-Retardant Agent in Epoxy Resin

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Polymer chemistry

Abstract

Expandable Graphite (EG) is functional filler for resins. Synthesized Expandable Graphite (EG) from Biomass waste (agriculture waste) by graphitizing carbonized Biomass waste undergoing severe oxidation conditions and then it is saturated with fire retardant agents like sodium borates and phosphoric acid. This paper describes the chemical properties of natural graphite and Expandable Graphite (EG) which is developed to be easily integrated and effectively dispersed into epoxy resin. Fire tests were carried out using wood specimens painted with polymers where specimens showed far extent in fire retarding. The addition of expandable graphite flake was found to increase the flame retardant effectiveness of epoxy resin systems. The use of graphite improved the physical characteristics of the char by increasing the amount of the insulating layer and reducing crack formation. The developed intumescent resin using expandable graphite as an additive showed markedly improved results for time to ignition, heat absorbed, mass loss, and flame spread. The smoke from burned resin/graphite system was reduced compared to that obtained from the intumescent resin alone

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.203892.7818

Keywords

Food waste, Biomass waste, Expandable Graphite, epoxy resin, Fire Retardant agent

Authors

First Name

Usama

Last Name

mahmoud

MiddleName

EL Mohammdy

Affiliation

Cairo

Email

usamaelmohammdy9999@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Aly

Last Name

Aly

MiddleName

AbdelMaboud

Affiliation

Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

Email

aly.maboudaly@fsc.bu.edu.eg

City

Benha

Orcid

-

First Name

mohamed

Last Name

ismail

MiddleName

Nader

Affiliation

Polymers and Pigments Department, National Research Center

Email

nader_51@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

Volume

67

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

44392

Issue Date

2024-01-01

Receive Date

2023-04-03

Publish Date

2024-01-01

Page Start

489

Page End

495

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_303574.html

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=303574

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303,574

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Original Article

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297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Publication Link

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Preparing Expandable Graphite from Biomass waste and its Application as Fire-Retardant Agent in Epoxy Resin

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Article

Created At

30 Dec 2024