Patent ID: 7273901

Claim:
A flame retardant comprising, as flame retardant component A, from 1 to 90% by weight of a component selected from the group consisting of phosphinic salt of the formula (I), a diphosphinic salt of the formula (II), a polymer of formula (I), a polymer of formula (II) and mixtures thereof where R 1 and R 2 are identical or different and are C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, linear or branched, or aryl; R 3 is C 1 -C 10 -alkylene, linear or branched, -alkylarylene, or -arylalkylene; M is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Zn, Fe, Zr, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn; m is from 1 to 4; n is from 1 to 4; x is from 1 to 4, and as component B, from 0 to 75% by weight of a nitrogen-containing synergist or of a phosphorus/nitrogen flame retardant, and as component C, from 10 to 90% by weight of a liquid component, wherein the flame retardant is a dispersion and wherein component C is a diol.