Biodegradable Flame Retardant Resins
Biodegradable flame retardant materials tend not to be biodegradable. The additives are not biodegradable and decomposing flame retardants tend to degrade the polymers. One approach is to develop block copolymers of flame retardant polymers such as silicone with degradable polymers such as aliphatic polyesters. In addition, the flame-retardant biodegradable materials of the invention can effectively control dropping of kindling charcoal during burning. Moreover, the flame-retardant biodegradable materials of the invention can give sufficient flame resistance to the biodegradable polymers even in use of a comparative small amount of the materials, and accordingly can have characteristics which the polymers have inherently such as mechanical strength and heat resistance in addition to the biodegradability. (Yao, US Patent 7,666,922, 5/20/2009) Biodegradable Flame Retardant Resins
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