摘要:
Styrenic polymer foams, especially expanded and/or extruded styrenic polymer foams, are flame retarded by use of one or more flame retardant additives. These additives are i) a diether of tetrabromobisphenol-S, which ether groups do not contain bromine and wherein at least one of the ether groups is an allyl group; ii) a diether of tetrabromobisphenol-S, wherein at least one of the ether groups contains bromine; iii) a substituted benzene having a total of 6 substituents on the ring and wherein at least 3 of the substituents are bromine atoms and at least two of the substituents are C1-4 alkyl groups; iv) tribromoneopentyl alcohol; v) a tris(dibromoalkyl) benzenetricarboxylate in which each dibromoalkyl group contains, independently, 3 to 8 carbon atoms; vi) a brominated polybutadiene which is partially hydrogenated and/or aryl-terminated; vii) at least one brominated allyl ether of a novolac; viii) a brominated poly(1,3-cycloalkadiene); ix) a brominated poly(4-vinylphenol allyl ether); x) a brominated N,TSP-phenylenebismaleimide; xi) a brominated N,N′-(4,4′-methylenediphenyl)bismaleimide; xii) a brominated N,N′-ethylenebis-maleimide; xiii) ethylenebis(dibromonorbornane-dicarboxrmide); xiv) tetrabromobisphenol-A; or xv) a combination of any two or more of i) through xiv).
摘要:
Thermally stable flame retardant additive compositions comprise a mixture of (1) a polybromodiphenylalkane and/or a polybromodiphenyl oxide, (2) a tetrabromobisphenol-A-bis(bromoalkyl ether), and preferably (3) a synthetic zeolite and/or hydrotalcite in specified proportions. Such additives are useful in thermoplastic polymers, such as homopolymers and copolymers of vinylaromatic monomers, and polyolefin polymers, especially impact or rubber-modified polystyrenes, and most especially HIPS.
摘要:
A relatively small amount of at least one thermoplastic acrylate or methacrylate polymer that melts within the range of about 50 to about 150° C., is combined with at least one bromine-containing flame retardant that has at least 4 carbon atoms in the molecule, a total bromine content of at least about 40 wt %, and at least two bromine atoms in the molecule directly bonded to one or more aliphatic or cycloaliphatic carbon atoms. Such combination provides a composition having a higher thermal stability as compared to the same flame retardant in the absence of such acrylate or methacrylate polymer. This improvement in thermal stability exists when the components are provided as an additive or when the components have been blended in a thermoplastic polymer such as styrenic polymer.