Brominated Flame Retardants
Brominated flame retardants are flame retardants with bromine in their structure. (RDC 3/27/2009)
Recent US Patents
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7/13/2010
Polycarbonates are made flame retardant with 5 to 40 wt% bromine substituted oligocarbonate and 0.04 to 0.2 wt% alkali or alkaline-earth salt of perfluoroalkane sulfonic acid
7,754,793
Flame resistant polycarbonate composition
Polyalkylene terephthalate fibers for artificial hair are made flame retardant by mixtures of brominated flame retardants and phosphorus compounds. The brominated compounds are brominated phosphate esters and the phosphorus compounds are organic cyclic phosphorus compounds or phosphoric acid amides.
7,754,792
Flame-retardant polyester artificial hair
2/23/2010
7,666,944
Flame retarded fibers and filaments and process of production therefor
7,666,943
Flame retarded fibers and filaments and process of production therefor
6/23/2009
7,550,551
Brominated flame retardant
6/30/2009
7,553,898
Flame retardant plastic compositions
5/5/2009
7,528,220
Cyanate ester compound, flame-retardant resin composition, and cured product thereof
12/23/2008
7,468,408
Flame-retardant styrene resin composition
7/29/2008
7,405,254
Flame retardant compositions and their use
Recent Journal Articles
To get to the abstract or article, copy the citation and paste it into favorite search engine (ex. Google). 8/14/2009 Aerobic biodegradation of the brominated flame retardants, dibromoneopentyl glycol and tribromoneopentyl alcohol (621-627) Biodegradation 20 #5 (2009) 7/24/2009 Synergistic effect of decabromodiphenyl ethane and montmorillonite on flame retardancy of polypropylene (1520-1525) Polymer Degradation and Stability 94 #9 (2009) Environmental impacts and use of brominated flame retardants in electrical and electronic equipment (348-357) The Environmentalist 28 #4 (2008) Alternate and New Brominated Flame Retardants Detected in U.S. House Dust (6910 – 6916) Environmental Science & Technology 42 #18 (2008)
Review Articles
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Editor's Notes
As the literature is reviewed, and items of interest concerning this topic are found. These may be added in an abbreviated form with the reference. Readers and contributors are invited to add their own notes. Contributors may add them directly and other readers can simply send their notes to the editor, Roger Corneliussen at rcorneliussen@4spe.org. He may edit and add them to this page at his discretion.