Fire extinguishing and/or fire retarding compositions

US8273813B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Martin H. Beck · Amherst, US
• Samantha Champ · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Markus Tonnessen · Mutterstadt, DE
• Antje Ziemer · Mannheim, DE
• Gerd Goebel · Frankfurt, DE
• Matthias Pfeiffer · Boulder, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 21, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 25, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 23, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09K21/14
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention concerns fire-extinguishing and/or fire-retarding compositions comprising at least one water-absorbing polymer and at least one alkali metal salt of a nonpolymeric saturated carboxylic acid, processes for their production and the use of the compositions for firefighting or as fire-retarding coatings.