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Journal of Fire Sciences http://jfs.sagepub.com Flame-Retarding Plastics and Elastomers with Melamine
Edward D. Weil and Veena Choudhary Journal of Fire Sciences 1995; 13; 104 DOI: 10.1177/073490419501300202 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jfs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/2/104

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Flame-Retarding Plastics and
Elastomers with Melamine
Brooklyn,
6 Metrotech Center NY 11201

EDWARD D. WEIL * Polytechnic University

VEENA CHOUDHARY
Centre for Materials Science and Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 India
(Received June 28, 1994) (Revised August 8, 1994)

Technology

ABSTRACT: Melamine has shown broad utility as a flame retardant in plastics although its commercial use to date as a flame retardant additive has been principally in coatings and flexible urethane foams. Its mode of action appears to involve endothermic sublimation and vapor-phase dissociation, but it also undergoes conversion to non-volatile products and ammonia. Combinations of

melamine with other flame retardants of all types have been reported as having advantageous performance. The present review covers the patent and nonpatent literature with 130 references.**
KEY WORDS:

melamine, review, mode of action, formulation.

as an additive flame retardant has a long Its best known applications in flame-retardant coatings [1,2] history. (usually with a charrable polyol and a phosphate charring catalyst)

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