Vibratory Ball Milling of Solid‐State Flame‐Retardant Polyelectrolyte Complex for Use in Polymer Emulsions

Vibratory ball milling reduces the particle size of a polyallylamine, poly(sodium phosphate) containing polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) by an order of magnitude for use as a flame-retardant additive in a polymer emulsion to achieve self-extinguishing behavior and a V-0 rating with UL 94 flame testing. This demonstrates a new approach for using solid PECs as flame-retardant additives.

Authors

Jaime C. Grunlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5241-9741)
Dallin L. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3823-9872)
James D. Batteas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-5000)
Margaret J. Karim
Kathleen Floyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7237-9574)

Institutions

Texas A&M University (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Published: 2025-09-16
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202500442
Primary Topic: Flame retardant materials and properties
Type: article
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Vibratory Ball Milling of Solid‐State Flame‐Retardant Polyelectrolyte Complex for Use in Polymer Emulsions

Jaime C. Grunlan, Dallin L. Smith, James D. Batteas, Margaret J. Karim et al.

Sep 16, 2025

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Flame retardant materials and properties

article

Vibratory Ball Milling of Solid‐State Flame‐Retardant Polyelectrolyte Complex for Use in Polymer Emulsions

Jaime C. Grunlan, Dallin L. Smith, James D. Batteas, Margaret J. Karim, Kathleen Floyd

September 16, 2025article en

Abstract

Vibratory ball milling reduces the particle size of a polyallylamine, poly(sodium phosphate) containing polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) by an order of magnitude for use as a flame-retardant additive in a polymer emulsion to achieve self-extinguishing behavior and a V-0 rating with UL 94 flame testing. This demonstrates a new approach for using solid PECs as flame-retardant additives.

Macromolecular Rapid CommunicationsVol. 46(22)

Texas A&M University (US)

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Flame retardant materials and properties

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Vibratory Ball Milling of Solid‐State Flame‐Retardant Polyelectrolyte Complex for Use in Polymer Emulsions — Jaime C. Grunlan, Dallin L. Smith, et al. · Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS