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Intumescent composition and method

US6228914A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 2, 1998
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K21/12
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An aqueous composition containing a hardenable binder of a melamine compound, such as an acid-hardenable melamine-formaldehyde resin, and an acidic phosphorus compound, such as a nitrogen-containing phosphorus compound made from either phosphoric acid or phosphorus acid, and expandable graphite flake, which composition is curable to an intumescent composition.

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