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UNIQUE PHOSPHORUS NITROGEN FLAME RETARDANT
26 October 2001 - Great Lakes Chemical Corporation
| Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Reogard 1000, a new, highly efficient flame retardant for polypropylene. |
Great Lakes Chemical Corporation has launched Reogard 1000, a new, highly efficient flame retardant for polypropylene. Reogard 1000, a phosphorus nitrogen based, intumescent flame retardant, has unique properties allowing it to be melt-blendable at polypropylene processing temperatures while actually increasing the heat distortion temperature of the formulated polymer. Reogard 1000 is more efficient than other commonly used intumescent flame retardants, a feature that helps to reduce the specific gravity of the polymer and improve physical properties. Reogard 1000 is also non-blooming, offers good electrical properties, and a reduced tendency to absorb water. Polypropylene containing the new flame retardant can be processed in standard injection moulding and extrusion equipment. Reogard 1000 is recommended for use in V-0 polypropylene homopolymers and low polyethylene content co-polymers. Reogard 1000 is also effective in a number of impact modified polypropylene grades. The special features offered by Reogard 1000 now allow polypropylene compounders to extend the potential markets for their flame retarded products.
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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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