Flame Retardants for Plastics and Textiles

The book provides an overview of flame retardants that are either in actual commercial use or in advanced stages of market development. It reviews flame retardants polymer-by-polymer and gives the reader insight in their modes of action and interaction. With this "how-to" approach it offers suggestions for selecting between alternatives, provides formulations, and most importantly offers a starting point for the compounder or plastics fabricator to pass commercial flammability requirements. Contents: o Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Development for Polyolefinso Polystyrenes and Thermoplastic Styrene Copolymerso Flame and Smoke Retardants in Vinyl Chloride Polymers - Commercial Usage and Current Developmentso Current Practice and Recent Commercial Developments in Flame Retardancy of Polyamideso Flame Retardants for Thermoplastic Polyesterso Flame Retardants in Polycarbonates and Polycarbonate Blendso Commercial Flame Retardancy of Unsaturated Polyesters, Vinyl Resins, Phenolics and their Compositeso Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Advanced Development in Polyurethaneso Current Flame Retardant Systems for Epoxy Resinso Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Development for Textileso Comments on Flammability and Smoke Testso Overview of Modes of Action and Interaction of Flame Retardantso Directory of Flame Retardant Manufacturers, Distributors, and Compounders