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 Polyolefins§o Polystyrenes and Thermoplastic Styrene Copolymers§o Flame and Smoke Retardants in Vinyl Chloride Polymers - Commercial Usage and Current Developments§o Current Practice and Recent Commercial Developments in Flame Retardancy of Polyamides§o Flame Retardants for Thermoplastic Polyesters§o Flame Retardants in Polycarbonates and Polycarbonate Blends§o Commercial Flame Retardancy of Unsaturated Polyesters, Vinyl Resins, Phenolics and their Composites§o Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Advanced Development in Polyurethanes§o Current Flame Retardant Systems for Epoxy Resins§o Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Development for Textiles§o Comments on Flammability and Smoke Tests§o Overview of Modes of Action and Interaction of Flame Retardants§o Directory of Flame Retardant Manufacturers, Distributors, and Compounders