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Char resistant foams

US4537915A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 1983
Grant dateAug 27, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S521/907
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The resistance to internal charring of molded styrene-butadiene latex foam rubber when exposed to a lit cigarette is improved by incorporating from about 10 to 30 parts by dry weight, per hundred parts by dry weight of latex of a compound selected from the group consisting of an organic phosphate of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a C.sub.6-12 alkyl radical or a phenyl radical, which is unsubstituted or substituted by a C.sub.1-4 alkyl radical, butyl benzyl phthalate, and a mixture thereof.

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