The invention belongs to the technical field of
flame retardants, and particularly relates to a novel high-temperature self-
cracking curing agent and a preparation method thereof, and application of the curing agent in preparation of active
flame-retardant
epoxy resin. The high-temperature self-
cracking curing agent is prepared by taking organic aliphatic
diamine, organic
aliphatic amine, di-tert-butyl
dicarbonate ester,
cyanuric chloride and
triethylamine as raw materials through a three-step reaction. The curing agent has two
triazine structures and a
polyamine structure, the
triazine structure has double functions, on one hand, the
triazine structure has a
flame retardant function and can be decomposed at high temperature to release
inert gas to dilute
oxygen concentration to suffocate flame, and on the other hand, the curing agent is self-cracked before the self-
combustion of an
epoxy resin material, so that the self-
combustion performance of the
epoxy resin material is improved. The three-dimensional
network structure of the
polymer is decomposed, so that the combusted part of the
polymer is separated from a matrix under the action of
inert gas, and active flame retardance and
fire prevention are realized. Limit
oxygen index (LOI) and vertical
combustion UL-94 experiment results show that the curing agent can endow an epoxy resin material with good flame retardant property, and the LOI value can be up to 33.8% and passes the UL-94V-0 level; a
cone calorimeter test shows that the curing agent can significantly reduce the total
smoke generation amount of the epoxy resin material. In addition, the curing agent belongs to an environment-friendly
halogen-free flame retardant, the preparation process is simple, the yield is 90% or above, and industrial production is easy.