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The book provides an overview of flame retardants that are either in actual commercial use or in advanced stages of market development. It reviews flame retardants polymer-by-polymer and gives the reader insight in their modes of action and interaction.
With this "how-to" approach it offers suggestions for selecting between alternatives, provides formulations, and most importantly offers a starting point for the compounder or plastics fabricator to pass commercial flammability requirements.

Contents:
o Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Development for Polyolefins
o Polystyrenes and Thermoplastic Styrene Copolymers
o Flame and Smoke Retardants in Vinyl Chloride Polymers - Commercial Usage and Current Developments
o Current Practice and Recent Commercial Developments in Flame Retardancy of Polyamides
o Flame Retardants for Thermoplastic Polyesters
o Flame Retardants in Polycarbonates and Polycarbonate Blends
o Commercial Flame Retardancy of Unsaturated Polyesters, Vinyl Resins, Phenolics and their Composites
o Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Advanced Development in Polyurethanes
o Current Flame Retardant Systems for Epoxy Resins
o Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Development for Textiles
o Comments on Flammability and Smoke Tests
o Overview of Modes of Action and Interaction of Flame Retardants
o Directory of Flame Retardant Manufacturers, Distributors, and Compounders

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This updated edition provides an overview of flame retardants that are in commercial use, were recently used, or are in development. The book is organized polymer-by-polymer and provides a guide to advantages, limitations, and patented and patent-free formulations, with insight into favorable and unfavorable combinations.

The targeted readership is the plastics or textile finish compounder and the plastic additives R&D worker, as well as market development and sales. This edition contains, besides a compendium of current flame retardants, updated information relevant to performance testing, mode of action, and safety and regulatory aspects. Industrial or academic researchers will find useful a discussion of unsolved problems with possible new approaches. Both authors have extended, productive experience in both basic and applied research on a wide range of flame retardancy topics.

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?Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Development for:
? Polyolefins, Olefin Copolymers, and Diene Elastomers
? Polystyrenes and Thermoplastic Styrene Copolymers
? Vinyl Chloride Polymers and Copolymers
? Polyamides
? Thermoplastic Polyesters
? Polycarbonates and Polycarbonate Blends
? Unsaturated Polyesters, Vinyl Resins, and Phenolics
? Polyurethanes, Polyisocyanurates, and Polyureas
? Epoxy Resins
? Textiles
?Significance of Flame Retardants
?Flammability and Smoke Tests Useful in R&D
?Modes of Action and Interaction of Flame Retardants
?Further Sources for Flame Retardancy Information

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Dr. Edward D. Weil is Research Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU and IP Fellow at the University of Akron Research Foundation.

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