Abstract:
The invention relates to a flame retardant containing a) at least one sulphur compound of formula (I), A1-( Z1)m- (S)n- (Z2)p- A2 (l) wherein the symbols and indices have the following meanings, A1, A2 are both or independently of one another C6-C12 aryl, cyclohexyl, Si(ORa)3, a saturated, partially unsaturated or aromatic, monocyclic or bicyclic ring having 3 to 12 ring members which contains one or more heteroatoms from the group N, O and S, and is unsubstituted or is substituted by one or more substituents of the group O, OH, S, SH, COORb, CONRcRd, C1-C18 alkyl, C1-C18 alkoxy, C1-C18 thioalkyl, C6-C12 aryl, C6-C12 aryloxy, C2-C18 alkenyl, C2-C18 alkenoxy, C2-C18 alkinyl and C2-C18 alkinoxy; Z1, Z2 are both or independently of one another -CO- or -CS-; Ra is C1-C18 alkyl; Rb, Rc, Rd are both or independently of one another H, C1-C18 alkyl, C6-C12 aryl or an aromatic, monocyclic or bicyclic ring having 3 to 12 ring members which contains one or more heteroatoms from the group N, O and S; m, p are both or independently of one another 0 or 1 and n is a natural number from 2 to 10, and b) at least one halogen-free organic phosphorus compound having a phosphorus content in the range from 5 to 80 wt %, based on the phosphorus compound, is suitable in particular for protection of foams based on styrene polymers.
Abstract:
Moulded foams, obtainable by fusion of prefoamed foam beads made of expandable, thermoplastic polymer pellets, comprising: from 5 to 100% by weight of a component (A) comprising a1) from 5 to 100% by weight (based on (A)) of an α-methylstyrene/acrylonitrile copolymer and/or α-methylstyrene/styrene/acrylonitrile terpolymer and a2) from 0 to 95% by weight (based on (A)) of a styrene/acrylonitrile copolymer; from 0 to 95% by weight of polystyrene (B) and from 0 to 95% by weight of a thermoplastic polymer (C) different from (A) and (B), feature good heat resistance and good solvent resistance.
Abstract:
The invention relates to phosphine sulfide derivatives of formula (I), S=PR 1 R 2 R 3 (I) which are suitable as flame retardants, in particular for polymers, wherein the symbols in formula (I) have the following meanings: R 1 , R 2 are identically or differently C1-C 12 -alkyl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C 1 -C4-alkyl groups, C 2 -C 12 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 12 -alkinyl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl; R 3 is H, SH, SR 4 , OH, OR 5 or a group: -(Y 1 ) n -[P(= X 1 )R 6 -(Y 2 ) n ] m -P(= X 2 )R 7 R 8 ; or two groups R 1 , R 2 , R 3 together with the phosphorus atom to which they are bound form a ring system; X 1 , X 2 are identically or differently O or S; Y 1 , Y 2 are identically or differently O or S; R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 are independently of each other identically or differently C1-C 12 -alkyl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C 1 -C 4 -alkyl groups, C 2 -C 12 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 12 -alkinyl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl C 1 -C 4 -alkyl; n is 1 if Y 1 or Y 2 is O, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 if Y 1 or Y 2 is S, and m is a whole number between 0 and 100.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a polymer foam having a density in the range between 5 and 120 kg/m 3 , containing a) a polymer component, containing at least one styrene polymer, b) 0.1 to 5 parts by weight (relative to 100 parts by weight of component a)) of a flame retardant mixture, containing b1) at least one phosphorus compound of formula (I) having a phosphorus content in the range between 5 and 80% by weight, relative to the phosphorus compound, (X 1 ) s =PR 1 R 2 R 3 (I), where the symbols and indices in formula (I) have the following meanings: R 1 is C 1 -C 16 -alkyl, C 1 -C 10 -hydroxyalkyl, C 2 -C 16 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 16 -alkoxy, C 2 -C 16 -alkenoxy, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkoxy, C 6 -C 10 -aryl, C 6 -C 10 -aryloxy, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 16 -alkyl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 16 -alkoxy, SR 9 , COR 10 , COOR 11 , CONR 12 R 13 ; R 2 is C 1 -C 16 -alkyl, C 1 -C 10 -hydroxyalkyl, C 2 -C 16 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 16 -alkoxy, C 2 -C 16 -alkenoxy, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkoxy, C 6 -C 10 -aryl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 16 -alkyl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 16 -alkoxy, SR 9 , COR 10 , COOR 11 , CONR 12 R 13 ; R 3 is H, SH, SR 4 , OH, OR 5 or a group 30 -(Y 1 ) n -[P(= X 2 ) u R 6 -(Y 2 ) n ] m -P(= X 3 ) t R 7 R 8 ; or two groups R 1 , R 2 , R 3 together with the phosphorus atom to which they are bound form a ring system; X 1 , X2 and X 3 are independently of each other identically or differently O or S; Y 1 , Y 2 are identically or differently O or S; R 4 , R 5 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 ,R 13 are identically or differently C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C 1 -C 4 -alkyl groups, C 2 -C 12 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 12 -alkinyl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl or C 6 -C 10 -aryl C 1 -C 4 -alkyl; R 6 , R 7 , R 8 are independently of each other identically or differently C 1 -C 16 -alkyl, C 1 -C 16 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 16 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 16 -alkenoxy, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkoxy, C 6 -C 10 -aryl, C 6 -C 10 -aryloxy, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 16 -alkyl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 16 -alkoxy, SR 9 , COR 10 , COOR 11 , CONR 12 R 13 ; n is 1, if Y 1 or Y 2 is O, and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, if Y 1 or Y 2 is S; m is a whole number between 0 and 100; s, t and u are independently of each other 0 or 1; and b2) elementary sulphur.