Hydroxides
Many hydroxides are effective flame retardants. (RDC 7/20/2009)
Recent US Patents
To go to the text version of the patent, click on US Patent Number Search and enter the patent number in the search box. 4/14/2009 7,518,064 Halogen free flame retardant cable 4/7/2009 7,514,489 Flame-retardant magnesium hydroxide compositions and associated methods of manufacture and use
Recent Journal Articles
To get to the abstract or article, copy the citation and paste it into favorite search engine (ex. Google). The date is the date the entry was found. 3/5/2010 Influence of Magnesium Hydroxide and Huntite Hydromagnesite on Mechanical Properties of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Compounds Cross-linked by DiCumyl Peroxide and Ionizing Radiation (161-180) Journal of Fire Sciences 28 #2 (2010) 7/24/2009 Polymer nanocomposites using zinc aluminum and magnesium aluminum oleate layered double hydroxides: Effects of LDH divalent metals on dispersion, thermal, mechanical and fire performance in various polymers (3564-3574) Polymer 50 #15 (2009) Effects of magnesium hydroxide and its surface modification on crystallization and rheological behaviors of polypropylene (p 941-947) Polymer Composites 30 #7 (2009) Fire retardancy of bis[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] phosphate modified poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites containing layered double hydroxide and montmorillonite (1110-1118) Polymer Degradation and Stability 94 #7 (2009) Pyrolytic hydrolysis of polycarbonate in the presence of earth-alkali oxides and hydroxides (1119-1124) Polymer Degradation and Stability 94 #7 (2009) Structure–property relationships of new polystyrene nanocomposites prepared from initiator-containing layered double hydroxides of zinc aluminum and magnesium aluminum (1290-1297) Polymer Degradation and Stability 94 #8 (2009) Does organic modification of layered double hydroxides improve the fire performance of PMMA? (1298-1306) Polymer Degradation and Stability 94 #8 (2009) Flame Retardant Synergism of Hydroxy Silicone Oil and Al(OH)3 in EVA Composites ( 665 – 670) Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering 48 #6 (2009) 7/10/2009 Zinc hydroxystannate-coated metal hydroxides as flame retardant and smoke suppression for flexible poly vinyl chloride (p 201-210) Fire and Materials 33 #4 (2009)
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.