Flame retardant polyolefin compositions of improved color and melt stability

Abstract

Abstract 1. A COMPOSITION WHICH CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF(A) A POLOFIN SELECTED FROM HOMOPOLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS DERIVED FROM POLYMERIZATION OF 1-MONOOLEFINS HAVING FROM 2 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS, (B) FROM 0.1 TO 20 PARTS PER HUNDRED PARTS OF (A) OF A HALOGENATED ETHER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF 2,3-DIBROMOPHENYL 2,4,6TRIROMOPHENYL ETHER, 11,12 -DIBROMODODECY BENBROMO-4-NOCTYPLHENYL ETHER,2.4,6-TRIBROMOPHENYL BENZYL ETHER, 3,4-DIBROMOBUTYL ETHER, 2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENYL CYCLOHEXYL ETHER, 2,2,-BIS 4-(2,3-DIBROMOPROPOXY) PHENYL!!PROPANE, AND 2,2-BIS 4-(2,3 -DIBROMOPROPOXY) 33,5-DIBROMOPHENYL!! PROPANE, (C) FROM 0.1 TO 2.5 PARTS PER HUNDRED PARTS OF (A) OF A SOLID METAL SOAP MIXTURE CONTAINING (1) A POLYVALENT SOLID METAL SOAP FORMULA (RCOO)2M WHEREIN EACH R IS A CYCLIC OR ACYLIC HYDROCARBABYL RADICAL HAVING FROM 2 TO 22 CARBON ATOMS THEREIN AND M IS A POLYVALENT METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BARIUM, CADMIUM, LEAD, STRONTIUM, TIN AND ZINC, AND (2) A POLYVALENT METAL PHENOLATE OF THE FORMULA M (OR)2 WHEREIN EACH R'' IS AN ARYL OR ALKARYL HYDROCARBLY RADICAL HAVING FROM 4 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS THEREIN AND M IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BARIUM, LEAD, STRONTIUM, TIN AND ZINC, AND (D) FROM 0.5 TO 10 PARTS PER HUNDRED PARTS OF (A) OF A METAL OXIDE SELECTED FROM THE OXIDES OF ARSENIC, ANTIMONY AND BISMUTH.

Inventors

• 👤 J Reed
• 👤 J Dix

Bibliographic Details