Category Archives: Flame Retardant Chemistry
Patents and publications in area of flame retardants, polymers, plastic components, and bromine derivatives
- Sunday, 06 November 2011 7:41 Fire Retardant Polyolefin Fiber and Fabrics Posted by Ric Termine A flame-retarded polyolefin fiber made of a thermoplastic polyolefin and a graft copolymer composition.Fire Retardant Polyolefin Fiber and Fabrics. SUGGESTED CITATION E. J. Termine R. W. Atwell, H. A. Hodgen and N. A. Favstritsky United States...
- Thursday, 03 November 2011 4:05 Smoke Suppressed Flame Retardant Unsaturated Polyester Resin Compositions Posted by Ric Termine Smoke suppressed flame retardant thermoset resin compositions comprise smoke suppressant bicyclic phosphate compound(s), flame retardant(s) and unsaturated polyester or other thermoset materials. These compositions exhibit a reduced tendency to smoke under conditions of burning. SUGGESTED CITATION...
- Thursday, 03 November 2011 3:54 Polymers of Brominated Styrene Posted by Ric Termine A process for the solventless polymerization of brominated styrenes includes blending monomers of brominated styrenes with a polymerization initiator, feeding the monomer/polymerization initiator mix into a prepolymerizer wherein the monomers begin to polymerize, and feeding the...
- Sunday, 30 October 2011 6:42 High Impact PVC/Polycarbonate Alloy Compositions Posted by Ric Termine A preferred rigid thermoplastic resin composition having high impact strength and resistance to thermal distortion includes a vinyl chloride resin/polycarbonate alloy and at least 3 parts by weight of butadiene-modified acrylic per 100 parts by weight...
- Sunday, 30 October 2011 6:31 Flame Retardant Polypropylene Molding Compositions Posted by Ric Termine Described are polypropylene molding compositions which have surprisingly good physical properties in combination with flame retardancy, which include copolymers represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is >1, P is isotactic or syndiotactic polypropylene, and S...
- Sunday, 30 October 2011 6:01 Flame Retardant Graft Copolymers of Polypropylene Posted by Ric Termine Described are polypropylene polymer compositions which have suprisingly good physical properties in combination with flame retardancy, which include graft copolymers represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is >1, P is polypropylene, and S is a...
- Saturday, 29 October 2011 14:46 Low Smoke Intumescent Flame Retardant For Thermoset Composites Posted by Ric Termine The use of a new low smoke intumescent flame retardant for thermoset composites is described. This material, CN-1197 flame retardant, is a phosphorous-based compound which is very effective in promoting an intumescent char on the polymer...
- Saturday, 29 October 2011 14:02 Heat Distortion Temperature Modification Of Rigid PVC And Chlorinated PVC: A Method To Produce Low Smoke Compositions Posted by Ric Termine The use of a new low smoke, heat distortion temperature modifier for rigid PVC and chlorinated PVC is discussed. This material, CN-1427, is a tetrabromobisphenol A carbonate oligomer which is compatible with vinyl compositions. The carbonate...
- Saturday, 22 October 2011 5:23 Flame Retardant Hot Melt Adhesive Compositions Using Brominated Styrene/Atactic Polypropylene Graft Copolymers Posted by Ric Termine Flame retardant hot melt adhesives include atactic polypropylene having grafted thereon a ring-halogenated styrene. The compositions may also include homopolymers of the styrene monomer or equivalents, as well as non-halogenated atactic polypropylene. Tackifying agents, waxes, anti-oxidants...
- Friday, 21 October 2011 2:47 Flame Retardant Hot Melt Adhesive Compositions Posted by Ric Termine Flame retardant hot melt adhesives include ethylene vinyl acetate having grafted thereon a ring-halogenated styrene. The compositions may also include homopolymers of the styrene monomer or equivalents, as well as non-halogenated ethylene vinyl acetate. Tackifying agents,...