Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing expandable styrene polymers by polymerizing at least one vinyl aromatic monomer in an aqueous suspension in the presence of at least one halogenated polymer as a flame retardant, graphite, and blowing agent, characterized in that, at the start of the polymerization, the aqueous suspension contains 1 to 30 wt% of at least one styrene polymer with respect to the sum of monomers and styrene polymer and the styrene polymer used at the start of the polymerization likewise contains at least one halogenated polymer as a flame retardant.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing expandable styrene polymers containing particulate additives, said method comprising the following steps: a) producing prepolymer pellets by means of a first suspension polymerization of an aqueous suspension containing styrene monomers and particulate additives; b) separating the prepolymer pellets; c) optionally dividing the prepolymer pellets into fractions of different particle size and selecting one or more fractions for subsequent steps; d) producing an aqueous suspension of the prepolymer pellets and performing at least one second suspension polymerization in the presence of blowing agent and while metering additional monomers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of a phosphorous compound of formula (I) as a flame retardant, wherein the symbols of formula (I) have the following meanings: a group Y is -P(=X 2 ) S R 3 R 4 , H, a straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 12 alkyl group , C 5 -C 6 cycloalkyl , C 6 -C 12 aryl, benzyl, wherein the four last cited groups are unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group C 1 -C 4 alkyl or C 2 -C 4 alkenylene; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are the same or different hydrogen, OH, C 1 -C 16 -Alkyl, C 2 - C 16 -Alkenyl, C 1 -C 16 -Alkoxy, C 2 -C 16 -Alkenoxy, C 3 -C 10 -Cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 10 -Cycloalkoxy, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl, C 6 -C 10 -Aryloxy, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl-C 1 - C 16 -Alkyl, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl-C 1 -C 16 -Alkoxy, SR 9 COR 10 , COOR 11 , CONR 12 R 13 or two radicals R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 form a ring system together with the phosphorous atom to which they are bound or the group P-O-A-O-P; R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , and R 8 are the same or different H, C 1 -C 16 -Alkyl, C 2 -C 16 -Alkenyl, C 1 -C 16 -Alkoxy, C 2 -C 16 -Alkenoxy; R 9 , R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , and R 13 are the same or different H d-de-Alkyl, C 2 -C 16 - Alkenyl, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl, C 6 -C 10 -Aryl-C 1 -C 16 -Alkyl,, C 6 -C 10 - Aryl-C 1 -C 16 -Alkoxy; X 1 , and X 2 are the same or different S or O; r, and s are the same or different 0 or 1; and X 3 , X 4 , X 5 , and X 6 are the same or different S or O and n is a whole number from 1 to 50.
Abstract:
The invention relates to halogen-free, flame-proof polymer foams containing at least one cyclic or alicyclic oligophosphorus compound as the flame proofing agent, and to a method for the production thereof. Suitable oligophosphorus compounds, for example, are those having structures Ia, Ib, or Ic: Another group of suitable oligophosphorus compounds has one of the following structures IIa, IIb, or IIc: Furthermore, cyclic oligophosphorus compounds of the following structure III are suitable: The radicals R 1 -R 5 are independently selected from among the group consisting of C 1 -C 16 -alkyl, C 1 -C 16 -alkenyl, C 1 -C 16 -alkoxy, C 1 -C 16 -alkenyloxy, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkoxy, C 6 -C 10 -aryl, C 6 -C 10 -aryloxy, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 16 -alkyl, C 6 -C 10 -aryl-C 1 -C 16 -alkoxy, NR 2 R 3 , COR 2 , COOR 2 and CONR 2 R 3 , and the radicals X 1 , X 2 and X 3 independently denote O or S.