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The activation energy of the reaction (Ea), about 46 kJ\/mol, was calculated by Kissinger and Ozawa method, indicating that the curing reaction was easy to carry out. The flame retardancy of the epoxy resin system was analyzed by vertical combustion test (UL94) and limiting oxygen index (LOI) test. The results showed that epoxy resin (EP) with 1% phosphorus successfully passed a UL-94 V-0 rating, and the LOI value increased along with the increasing of phosphorus content. It confirmed that DOPO-MAC possessed excellent flame retardance and higher curing reactivity. Moreover, the thermal stability of EP materials was also investigated by TGA. With the DOPO-MAC added, the residual mass of EP materials increased remarkably although the initial decomposition temperature decreased slightly.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym14020245","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,9]],"date-time":"2022-01-09T23:06:15Z","timestamp":1641769575000},"page":"245","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":40,"title":["A Study on the Synthesis, Curing Behavior and Flame Retardance of a Novel Flame Retardant Curing Agent for Epoxy Resin"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Yong","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yongli","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yajiao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430074, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4352","DOI":"10.1002\/app.37635","article-title":"Development of a DOPO-containing melamine epoxy hardeners and its thermal and flame-retardant properties of cured products","volume":"127","author":"Xiong","year":"2013","journal-title":"J. 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