Preparation and Research of the Multifunctional Heat Stabilizer with Rare Earth Used in PVC Products

Abstract

In this paper, a new heat stabilizer was prepared, which has shown not only excellence thermal stability, but also shown obvious oxidation resistance and anti-aging properties. This multifunctional heat stabilizer was prepared by organic acid, rare earth and thiourea. The lauric acid as best stuff was chosen from some normal fatty acid and lanthanum nitrate as most potent rare earth was picked up too. Using these raw materials, the best heat stabilizer was synthesized under this conditions of synthesizing at 80°C, reacting 40min, adding 1.0mol/L sodium-hydroxide for keeping PH at 8 and making certain the amount of raw material(lauric acid : thiourea : lanthanum nitrate) at the proportion as 4∶1∶1. The thermal stability was examined by the change time of Congo red, and the result proved this heat stabilizer having good thermal stability for up this time to 40min. When this rare earth stabilizer was joined into PVC, the PVC can keep its color not changing during 48h under ultraviolet radiation, and the tensile strength and elongation at break of the PVC added rare stabilizer changed more little under ultraviolet radiation compared with the traditional heat stabilizer system. So this rare earth heat stabilizer acting as a good heat stabilizer, anti-oxidant and anti-aging agent is a new multifunctional heat stabilizer.