Patent ID: 6258927
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: C08K,H05K

Abstract:
A polyamide composition, comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of a polyamide,(B) from 10 to 200 parts by weight of an aromatic ring-containing bromine compound, and(C) from 0.1 to 200 parts by weight of at least one flame-retardant synergist selected from the group consisting of metal salts of stannic acid and alkaline earth metal salts of boric acid, wherein the polyamide (A) comprises (a) dicarboxylic acid units of which from 60 to 100 mol % are terephthalic acid units and (b) diamine units of which from 60 to 100 mol % are C.sub.6-18 aliphatic alkylenediamine units, and wherein the aliphatic alkylenediamine units are 1,9-nonanediamine units and/or 2-methyl-1,8-octanediamine units.