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NEW FLAME RETARDANT FOR FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE FOAMS
26 October 2001 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
| Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced a new high performance flame retardant for flexible polyether and polyester polyurethane foams. |
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has introduced a new high performance flame retardant for flexible polyether and polyester polyurethane foams. Firemaster 550 is a new, non-scorch, phosphorus-bromine flame retardant based on proprietary Great Lakes technology. This new flame retardant offers all the advantages of the long-established Great Lakes DE-60F Special without utilising brominated diphenyl ether (brominated diphenyl oxide) chemistry. Firemaster 550 is a low viscosity liquid with good compatibility in polyurethane systems where it disperses uniformly and produces white foams with fine cell structure and good hand and physical properties. Firemaster 550 typically provides 30-50% lower compression set than other flame retardants used in polyurethane foams. Since Firemaster 550 does not cause centre softening in HR foams, it is particularly effective in CO2 blown systems. Additionally, foams formulated with Firemaster 550 meet MVSS 302, CAL TB 117 parts A and D, as well as the more stringent UL94 HF-1 specification.
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About: Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
Great Lakes Chemical Corp’s products and services help treat and purify water, eliminate germs and contaminants from household surfaces, protect against and extinguish fire, and enhance the stability and performance of a wide range of consumer products, such as computers, electronics, cars, packaging, building materials, and furniture. It serve its customers around the world through an integrated network of research, production, sales, distribution and technical services facilities. The stock of the company is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Great Lakes Chemical Corporation is the world’s leading producer of certain specialty chemicals for such applications as water treatment, household cleaners, flame retardants, polymer stabilizers, fire suppression, and performance chemicals. Through its Polymer Additives division, Great Lakes offers a full line of UV stabilizers, antioxidants, additive blends , nucleating agents/clarifiers, and optical monomers, as well as a leading line of flame retardants that include bromine-, phosphorus-, and antimony-based flame retardants and other synergists. These are available as powder blends or in NDB (No Dust Blend) granular form. Each blend contains exactly the correct composition of additives required to achieve optimum polymer quality and productivity. |
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