Synergistic Flame Retardant Effect of Fumed Silica and Zinc Borate with Magnesium Hydroxide in ABS Based Flame Retardant Composites

For achieving sufficient flame retardancy, high magnesim hydroxide (MH) content is needed in MH flame retardant Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) composite (ABS/MH), which will cause difficulty in processing and poor mechanical property. We prepared modified flame retardant MH, fumed silica (SiO2) and zinc borate (ZB) via TX-10 phosphate/polyacrylate latex as well as MH flame retardant ABS with the modified flame retardant of 60.0wt% and studied the synergistic flame retardant effect of SiO2 and ZB with MH in ABS/MH. The incorporation of ZB, SiO2 or SiO2/ZB could prolong the time to ignition, reduce the average and peak heat release rate of ABS/MH in cone calorimeter test.