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Fire retarding polypropylene composition

US6348122B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 8, 1998
Grant dateFeb 19, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 8, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08K2003/2217
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A fire retarding polypropylene composition comprising a copolymer of polypropylene and an ethylene/propylene rubber, and at least about 50% by weight but not greater than 60% by weight of a magnesium hydroxide coated with an anionic surface active agent, the magnesium hydroxide having (i) a strain in the <101> direction of not more than 3.0&times;10&#8722;3, (ii) a crystallite size in the <101> direction of more than 800 &aring;, and (iii) a specific surface area, determined by the BET method, of less than 20 mg2/g. The composition can be used in a fire retarding semiconductor apparatus which passes the FMRC Clean Room Materials Flammability Test Protocol.

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