BFRL ICON New Non-Halogenated Fire Retardant for Commodity and Engineering Polymers.


pdf icon New Non-Halogenated Fire Retardant for Commodity and Engineering Polymers. (470 K)
Gilman, J. W.

PCT International Application; 7 p. 1997.

Keywords:

fire retardants

Abstract:

This invention is directed to the use of zirconia, ZrO2, or ZrO2 combined with a boron compound, such as boric acid, H3BO3, or ammonium pentaborate, NH4B5O8, as fire retardants, for example in polymers such as commodity and engineering polymers, to fire retardant materials containing such a fire retardant and to methods for making materials fire retardant by use of such fire retardant agent.



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