Patent ID: 7169838

Claim:
A thermoplastic molding composition comprising A) from 20 to 97% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester, B) from 1 to 40% by weight of a phosphinic salt and/or of a diphosphinic salt and/or polymers of these, where the median particle size (d 50 ) of component B) is less than 10 μm, and wherein the particle size is determined by laser diffraction, C) from 1 to 30% by weight of an organic nitrogen-containing flame retardant, D) from 0 to 5% by weight of at least one ester or amide of aliphatic saturated or unsaturated carboxylic acids having from 10 to 40 carbon atoms with saturated aliphatic alcohols or amines having from 2 to 40 carbon atoms, and E) from 0 to 60% by weight of other additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to E) is 100%.