Patent ID: 6547992
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: C08K

Abstract:
A flame retardant combination for thermoplastic polymers comprises, as component A, a phosphinate of the formula (I) and/or a diphosphinate of the formula (II) and/or polymers of these whereR1 and R2 are identical or different and are C1-C8-alkyl, and/or aryl; R3 is C1-C10-alkylene, C6-C10-arylene, -alkylarylene or -arylalkylene; M are calcium ions, aluminum ions and/or zinc ions; m is 2 or 3; n is 1 or 3; x is 1 or 2, and, as component B, a synthetic inorganic compound and/or a mineral product selected from salts or esters of orthosilicic acid and condensation products thereof, silicates, zeolites, silicas, glass powders, glass-ceramic powders, ceramic powder, magnesium hydroxide, hydrotalcites, magnesium carbonates, magnesium calcium carbonates, zinc oxide, zinc stannate, zinc hydroxystannate, zinc phosphate, zinc borate, zinc sulfide, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum phosphate, red phosphorus, and metal carbonates of Be, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Ra.