Abstract:
A flame retardant composition comprises the following components: (a) a polymer latex comprising (i) a bis(hydrocarbyl)vinyl phosphonate, preferably bis( Beta chloroethyl)vinyl phosphonate, (ii) a vinyl halide or vinylidene halide such as vinyl chloride or vinylidene chloride, (iii) an alkyl acrylate and optionally, (iv) another derivative of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid; (b) a phosphorus source selected from (i) a co-condensate of bis( Beta -chloroethyl)vinyl phosphonate and dimethyl methyl phosphonate or a condensate of bis( Beta chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate, (ii) tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium halide or hydroxide, (iii) N-hydroxymethyl-3(dimethylphosphoro) propionamide, (iv) tris(2,3-dibromopropyl phosphate), (v) water-insoluble ammonium polyphosphate and (vi) water-insoluble ammonium salt of metaphosphoroamidic acid; (c) urea; (d) an aminoplast selected from a melamine formaldehyde or urea formaldehyde; and (e) optionally, a phosphate plasticizer. These compositions are useful as binders, saturants, impregnants and coatings for flammable materials.
Abstract:
POLYVINYL HALIDES, PARTICULARLY PVC, ARE MADE RESISTANT TO THERMAL DEGRADATION AND PLASTICIZER ABSORPTION BY TREATING THE LATICES WITH RELATIVELY POLAR, WATER-DISPERSIBLE OR WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANO PHOSPHATES OF THE GENERAL FORMULAE
R''-O-(CH2-CH(-R)-O)N-P(=O)(-O-M)2 AND
(R''-O-(CH2-CH(-R)-O)N-)2-P(=O)-O-M
IN WHICH M IS A METAL CATION OF AMMONIUM AND PARTICULARLY AN ALKALI METAL, N IS AN INTEGER FROM 1 TO 30, R IS HYDROGEN OR LOWER ALKYL OF 1 TO 2 CARBONS, AND R'' IS ALKYL OR ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED PHENYL WHEREIN THE ALKYL GROUPS CONTAIN ABOUT 1 TO 20 CARBONS. PREFERABLY R'' IS EITHER A STRAIGHT CHAIN ALKYL GROUP OR A TERTIARY ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED PHENYL GROUP WHEREIN THE ALKYLS TOTAL ABOUT 1 TO 12 CARBONS. THE POLYMERS THUS TREATED ARE ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN PLASTISOLS. ADDITION OF THE PHOSPHATE IS MADE DURING OR AFTER THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PRESSURE DROP IN THE POLYMERIZATION OF THE POLYVINYL CHLORIDE POLYMER.
Abstract:
A METHOD IS PROVIDED FOR THE SUSPENSION OF POLYMERIZATION OF "SOLUTION GRADE" VINYL CHLORIDE/VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER EXHIBITING ENHANCED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT STABILITY AND RELATIVELY LOW HAZE. THE METHOD COMPRISES POLYMERIZING VINYL CHLORIDE AND FROM ABOUT 1 TO 25% BY WEIGHT VINYL ACETATE IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYTIC AMOUNT OF A "HOT CATALYST", FROM ABOUT 0.03 TO ABOUT 0.3% OF A METHYL CELLULOSE SUSPENDING AGENT AND EITHER BENZENE OR TOLUENE. THE REACTION IS CONDUCTED AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 0*C. T O 90*C. THE HOT CATALYST HAS A TEN HOUR HALF-LIFE TEMPERATURE OF LESS THAN 60*C.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for preparing a polyacrylate-modified polyvinyl chloride processing aid for polyvinyl chloride by sequentially polymerizing the vinyl chloride and the desired acrylate ester monomer. Thus, a conventional vinyl chloride suspension polymerization is conducted at a controlled rate of agitation and in the presence of a specified concentration of suspending agent and is then halted at or near its completion; unreacted vinyl chloride monomer is removed, a minor proportion of an acrylate ester monomer, e.g., methyl methacrylate, which has been pre-mixed with a fresh supply of a free radical initiating catalyst is added and polymerization is resumed and continued until the acrylate ester monomer polymerizes in and/or on the particles of the previously polymerized polyvinyl chloride. The polyacrylate-modified PVC thereby recovered is an effective aid for processing conventional PVC, or it can be processed per se since it is suitable for calendering or extruding.
Abstract:
Aqueous emulsions or latices of fire retardant copolymers of: (1) vinyl chloride; (2) an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate and/or a vinylidene halide; and (3) bis(beta-chloroethyl) vinyl phosphonate and a method for their preparation are disclosed. These copolymer latices are described as being useful in a variety of applications including as coatings, adhesives and paint bases and also as additives for enhancing the fire retardancy of conventional latex polymer systems.
Abstract:
Interpolymers especially useful as processing aids for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are prepared by polymerizing vinyl chloride in the presence of polymethacrylonitrile (PMAN) or by polymerizing methacrylonitrile in the presence of polyvinyl chloride. In a preferred method, a conventional PVC polymerization is halted at or near its completion, unreacted monomer is removed, a minor proportion up to about 50 percent of methacrylonitrile (MAN) monomer, based on the weight of the interpolymer, is added and the reaction continued until the MAN polymerizes. The PVC-PMAN interpolymer recovered from such a system is an effective aid in processing conventional PVC, or it can be used per se since it is readily processable by calendering or extruding.
Abstract:
The emulsion polymerization of polyvinyl chloride can be conducted without any appreciable polymer buildup or plate-out on the internal surfaces of the polymerization reactor by utilizing a sodium alkyl sulfosuccinate as the emulsifier in the presence of small amounts, e.g., about 0.01% to 3%, by weight, of an ammonium or alkali metal borate.