Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DECORATIVE LAMINATES HAVING CORE SHEETS AND DECORATIVE OVERLAY SHEETS WHICH COMPRISES COATING A CORE OF PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN IMPREGNATED PAPER SHEETS CONTAINING AN AMINE-PHOSPHATE AS A FIRE RETARDANT WITH A RESIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN AND UREA-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN HAVING DISPERSED THEREIN AT LEAST ONE MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE AND AT LEAST ONE MEMBER FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE AND ALUMINA AND DISPOSING SAID COATED CORE SHEETS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE LOWERMOST OF SAID DECORATIVE OVERLAY SHEETS, SAID DECORATIVE OVERLAY SHEETS COMPRISING PAPER SHEETS IMPREGNATED WITH A RESIN SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MELAMINE-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN AND UREA-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN.