The invention relates to the technical field of
flame retardants, and specifically relates to modified expandable
graphite, a
flame retardant, a preparation method and application thereof in
polyurethane foam, and the modified expandable
graphite is characterized in that one or more layer of
polymer surface modifying agents with special functional groups is / are adsorbed on the surface of expandable
graphite, the preparation method of the modified expandable graphite comprises: carrying out
surface modification on the expandable graphite by using an organic modifier containing hydroxyl and a polar six-membered ring structure, adding a dispersing agent, uniformly mixing, and crushing and sieving to obtain the modified graphite; after adding of the modified graphite into
polyurethane composite polyether according to a certain ratio and uniform mixing, the modified graphite can be uniformly dispersed and suspended in the polyether; the
flame retardancy of the obtained
polyurethane thermalinsulation material is greatly improved, the other performances of the polyurethane rigid foam are not influenced, the flame retardancy is good, the flame retardant effect is durable, the
oxygen index is greatly improved, and the heat release rate
peak value is greatly reduced.