Thermal properties and combustion behaviors of flame retarded epoxy acrylate with a chitosan based flame retardant containing phosphorus and acrylate structure

► A novel natural material based flame retardant chitosan phosphate acrylate (GPCS) has been prepared. ► We investigated the effect of GPCS on thermal and combustion properties of epoxy acrylate. ► The fire hazards of epoxy acrylate reduced greatly.