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Why use melamine based FR ?

Melamine based flame retardants represent a small but fast growing segment in the flame retardant market. These products offer particular advantages over existing flame retardants:

  • Cost effectiveness
  • Low smoke density and toxicity
  • Low corrosion
  • Safe handling
  • Environmental friendliness

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In this family of non-halogenated flame retardants, three chemical groups can be distinguished; pure melamine, melamine derivatives, i.e. salts with organic or inorganic acids such as boric acid, cyanuric acid, phosphoric acid or pyro/poly-phosphoric acid, and melamine homologues such as melam, melem and melon. The latter finding only experimental use at this stage.

Melamine based flame retardants show excellent flame retardant properties and versatility in use because of their ability to employ various modes of flame retardant action.

FR Mechanism Melamine derivatives Halogen/
Antimony
Organo
phosphorus
Metalhydroxides
Chemical interference  
Heat sink    
Char formation    
Intumescence    
Inert gaz  
heat transfert (dripping)      

Currently, main areas of application for melamine based flame retardants are flexible polyurethane foams, intumescent coatings, polyamides and thermoplastic polyurethanes. Through continued research and application development work, the market for melamine based flame retardants will further expand in the near future, f.i. in the direction of polyolefins and thermoplastic polyesters.
 
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