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Cyanurate based fire retardant concentrates

US5135974A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1991
Grant dateAug 4, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08K9/08
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of preparing fire retardant concentrates wherein a base soluble cyanurate is dissolved in base and mixed with a fluid thermoplastic polymer. An amino-s-triazine is then reacted in-situ with the solubulized cyanurate to precipitate very fine insoluble cyanurate-amino-s-triazine adduct evenly distributed in the polymer. The mixture is cooled below its solidification point, binding the film particles of the insoluble adduct together by a matrix of solid thermoplastic polymer. The solidified matrix bound adduct is comminuted to form particulate thermoplastic fire retardant concentrate. The fluid thermplastic polymer may be a melt or an aqueous dispersion of a stable polymer such as nylon, polyolefin, polycarbonate, polyester, polystyrene, and polybutadiene. The particulate granules may contain concentrations as high as 65 to 95 percent of the adducts produced from soluble cyanurates such as sodium isocyanurate, and base solubulized isocyanuric acid and chlorocyanuric acid. Effective amino-s-triazines include melamine, melamine phosphate, and methylol melamine.

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