In the context of increasing global environmental awareness and the rapid development of technology, many industries are looking for more environmentally friendly and efficient alternatives. Among them, antimony trioxide, as an important industrial raw material, is also facing the challenge of finding alternatives. This article examines the current status, development trends, and challenges of antimony trioxide alternatives.
Current status of antimony trioxide alternatives.
At present, the alternatives to antimony trioxide mainly include other metal oxides, nanomaterials, rare earth elements, etc. These alternatives are similar to or even surpass antimony trioxide in some properties, but there are also some problems and limitations. For example, metal oxides such as tin dioxide and cerium dioxide have been studied as substitutes for antimony trioxide. These metal oxides have similar flame retardant and smoke suppression properties to antimony trioxide, and are relatively low. However, these metal oxides are less stable and are susceptible to environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, etc. Nanomaterials have a wide range of applications in many fields, including as an alternative to antimony trioxide. For example, nanoscale magnesium hydroxide (mg(OH)2) has good flame retardant properties and smoke suppression properties, and ** is relatively low. However, there are certain difficulties and challenges in the preparation, storage and transportation of nanomaterials, and their long-term stability and environmental safety need to be further studied and verified. Nanomaterials have a wide range of applications in many fields, including as an alternative to antimony trioxide. Rare earth elements such as lanthanum (La), yttrium (Y), etc. have also been studied as alternatives to antimony trioxide. These elements have excellent physical and chemical properties, such as high melting point, high hardness, excellent optical and electrical properties, etc. However, the ** content of rare earth elements is relatively high, and the environmental impact of their mining and processing is also of great concern.
In response to the above problems, this antimony trioxide substitute of Juqian New Materials is a flame retardant with excellent performance, which is completely different from zinc borate, hydrotalcite and other types of synergists on the market. Antimony trioxide substitutes are currently mainly used to replace antimony trioxide flame retardants that are restricted by the state, which is environmentally friendly and can significantly reduce the production cost of customers' products. At present, a large number of customers have been used in PP, ABS, HIPS, PVC wire and cable, PBT, PA and other flame retardant modifications, and have been widely praised by customers.
Peculiarity. Antimony trioxide substitute has high whiteness (more than 98%) and high temperature resistance (TGA 1% weight loss temperature is greater than 600), especially suitable for PA, PBT, PET, PP, ABS, HIPS, PE and other materials, the prepared products do not change color and have good thermal stability;Antimony trioxide substitutes can replace 30%-50% of antimony trioxide in equal amounts, which can greatly reduce production costs for customers because it is cheaperAfter the substitution of antimony trioxide substitute for 30%-50% antimony trioxide, the prepared product is the same tensile strength and bending strength compared with the modified product completely made of antimony trioxide, but the elongation at break and impact strength of the material are significantly improved. At the same time, antimony trioxide substitute also plays a certain role in flame retardant materials, smoke suppression and anti-dripping effect, which is an ideal flame retardant synergist;Good thermal stability, not easy to change color, can improve the tinting strength of the material;It can be used in combination with halogens, and can also be used as an auxiliary agent for antimony trioxide, with a decomposition degree of 340. Because the product has undergone special surface treatment, the compatibility and adhesion with plastic are greatly improved, and the viscosity reduction effect is large, which can increase the filling amount, improve the reinforcement and play a role in smoke suppressionGood impregnation of glass fiber, short mixing time, uniform flow in the mold, good molding, etcCombined with SB2O3, the dosage of SB2O3 can be greatly reduced, and the maintenance rate of mechanical properties is more than 90%. Due to the high whiteness of this product, the amount of titanium dioxide can also be reduced in the production of white products, and the production cost can be reduced.
Recommended Usage:
In the halogenated flame retardant system of ABS, PBT, PET, PA, PS, PP and PE, 30%-100% of the amount of antimony trioxide can be appropriately replaced according to product quality requirements.