Patent ID: 8871339

Claim:
A flame-retardant clay-polymer composite containing a modified montmorillonite clay, comprising: a polymer material; and a modified montmorillonite clay, dispersed and at least partially exfoliated in the polymer material, presented in an amount ranging from 3% to 7% by weight based on the total weight of the clay-polymer composite and having an interlayer spacing of larger than 13 Å, comprising: a montmorillonite clay; and a modified modifier, being bonded or intercalated into the montmorillonite clay, wherein the modifier comprises C60, which has a plurality of conjugated C—C double bonds and is first modified by formaldehyde and N-methylglycine, and further modified by benzalkonium chloride and hydrochloric acid to a soluble state and make the surface of the modified modifier have a functional group, and wherein the modified modifier is bonded or intercalated into the surface of the exfoliated montmorillonite clay by the functional group through ion exchange, the amount of the intercalated modifier ranges from 50% to 70% of the ion exchange capacity of the clay, the plurality of conjugated C—C double bonds of C60 are used for producing the majority of free radicals after being heated to between 340° C. and 450° C. to scavenge free radicals of the polymer material at a temperature near the thermal cracking temperature of the polymer material ranging between 250° C. and 500° C. to prevent further thermal cracking of the polymer material, an average heat release rate of the clay-polymer composite is reduced by 60 kW/m2 to 110 kW/m2 as compared with the polymer material in absence of the modified clay, and a limiting oxygen index (LOI) of the clay-polymer composite is increased by 6 to 9 volumetric percentage of oxygen units as compared with the polymer material in absence of the modified clay.