Polymer composites, which are commonly for use as sheathing materials in wire and cable applications, are provided. The sheathing materials exhibit flame retardant properties and include a polymeric blend, which includes olefin/unsaturated ester copolymer and olefin (co)polymer, a hydrated metal oxide flame-retardant, such as magnesium hydroxide, and an antimony compound.

A resin composition comprises a styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer. The resin composition further comprises a plurality of hydrated inorganic substances and/or a plurality of microcapsule particles dispersed in the styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer. The hydrated inorganic substances dehydration to form anhydrous inorganic substances at a dehydration temperature greater than 250 degrees Celsius. Each microcapsule particle comprises a housing and an embedded object encapsulated in the housing. The embedded object will largely volatilize from the housing at an escaping temperature greater than 250 degrees Celsius. A removable adhesive layer, an IC substrate, and an IC packaging process are also provided.

A flame-proof vulcanized polymer composition includes as a polymer component a halogen-free olefinic M-group elastomer with a saturated main chain at an amount of greater than 50 Parts per Hundred Rubber (phr) with respect to polymer components, a halogen-free water-releasing flame retardant or a combination of different halogen-free water-releasing flame retardants at an amount of in total 30 to 130 phr and a mineral oil plasticizer having an amount of less than or equal to 50 phr. Further disclosed are a method for producing the flame retardant vulcanized polymer composition, a flame-retardant article and an elastic flame-proof composite element.

The present invention discloses a rubber composition, a processing method for obtaining the rubber composition, and application of the composition in processing of flame-retardant products. The rubber composition includes a rubber matrix and essential components. The rubber matrix includes a branched polyethylene with a content represented as A, in which 0<A100, and an EPM and an EPDM with a total content represented as B, in which 0B<100. The essential components include 1.5 to 10 parts of a crosslinking agent and 40 to 300 parts of a flame-retardant agent. The rubber composition can be applied to production of flame-retardant products, such as flame-retardant cable, flame-retardant cool air hose for automobile, flame-retardant sealing strip, high-temperature-resistant flame-retardant conveyor belt, and flame-retardant waterproof coil. The products have good flame-retardant effects and mechanical properties.

Fire retardant paint compositions and coatings containing acrylic modified polysiloxane, polyphosphate salt, expandable graphite, and fire retardant additives are provided. The paint compositions find use in protecting a substrate against fire and exhibit excellent adhesion to substrates and long term weather resistance.

A composition which can be cured at room temperature; and can form a heat dissipation material exhibiting an appropriate level of hardness, low adhesion force, and excellent thermal conductivity, is provided. In addition, the composition can achieve the low adhesion force, and the like without using a plasticizer or the like, or in a state where even if the plasticizer is used, the use ratio thereof is minimized. A product containing the composition, or a cured body thereof is also provided.

The invention relates to a curable fluoroelastomer composition having low swelling tendency, comprising: A) a curable fluoroelastomer; B) a curing system; and C) 0.1 wt.-% to 30 wt.-% of a nitrogen-containing polymer, selected from polyimide, polyimide, mixtures and/or copolymers thereof, each relative to the total weight of fluoroelastomer and nitrogen-containing polymer, the nitrogen-containing polymer being present in particulate form of an average particle size in the range of 0.15 to 70 ?m and/or in fiber form having an average fiber diameter in the range of 0.15 to 70 ?m.

Provided are a porous silicone resin and a light-weight flexible flame-retardant composite material, belonging to the technical field of nano-porous materials. The porous silicon resin is prepared from a porous silicon resin precursor solution by means of curing and drying processes. The porous silicone resin precursor solution includes a flame retardant, a surfactant, a siloxane monomer, a catalyst, an auxiliary agent and a solvent. The porous silicone resin precursor solution is obtained by firstly dissolving the flame retardant and the surfactant in the solvent, and then adding the siloxane monomer, the catalyst and the auxiliary agent and mixing them uniformly. The porous silicone resin and the light-weight flexible flame-retardant composite material prepared therefrom have the excellent properties of high porosity, high flame retardancy, high elasticity and high strain.

Processes for producing melamine octamolybdates having high thermal stability include a step of reacting molybdenum trioxide and melamine in an acidic aqueous system at a pH of less than or equal to about 4 to form a slurry of the melamine octamolybdate. The resulting melamine octamolybdate can be characterized by a decomposition onset temperature (or a temperature at a weight loss of 1%, or a temperature at a weight loss of 2%) on a thermogravimetric analysis curve of greater than 300 C., and is useful in polymer compositions as a smoke suppressant.

Fire retardant compositions including a base polymer, a fire retardant filler, and a fire retardant synergist are disclosed. The fire retardant compositions are halogen-free and heavy metal-free and can be crosslinked to form a cable insulation layer or a cable jacket. The cables can pass the UL VW-1 flame test. Cables having coverings formed from such fire retardant compositions are also described herein.