FLAME RETARDATION OF POLYURETHANE FOAMS IN PRACTICE

Abstract

A DESCRIPTION OF SIGNIFICANT ROUTES TO FLAME-RETARDANT POLYURETHANE FOAMS, THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN BE CLASSIFIED ARE PRESENTED. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON UP-TO-DATE PRACTICAL ROUTES IN USE TODAY. FOR RIGID FOAMS THE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES ARE DISCUSSED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THEIR FORM OF APPLICATION AND THE FLAMMABILITY TEST METHOD. NONREACTIVE FLAME-RETARDANT REAGENTS, AS WELL AS ROUTES TO DURABLE FLAME RETARDANCY BY MEANS OF NEWER REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES AND DEVELOPMENT OF COLD-CURE TECHNOLOGY, ARE EMPHASIZED FOR FLEXIBLE FOAMS. /AUTHOR/