The invention provides an impact-resistant and flame-retardant polyester material, which includes a PET resin, a nucleating agent, a flame retardant, an antioxidant, a rod-shaped filling and reinforcing material and a compatibilizer. The PET resin includes virgin pellets or environmental-friendly recycled pellets, which can meet the demand for the introduction of recycled materials.

A flame-retardant plastic material composition including polypropylene resin, magnesium hydroxide, melamine-based resin, talc, rubber, and coupling agent, where the flame-retardant plastic material composition includes 30 to 45 parts by weight (wt %) of the magnesium hydroxide and 8 to 20 parts by weight (wt %) of the talc based on 100 parts by weight (wt %) of flame-retardant plastic material composition, and a tensile strength is from 130 to 600 kgf/cm.sup.2.

The present invention relates to a flame retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy and improved thermal deformation properties, and a flame retardant resin molded article manufactured therefrom, and provides a flame retardant resin composition including a) a base resin including a polyarylene ether-based polymer; an aromatic vinyl-based polymer and a copolymer of vinylcyan monomer-conjugated diene monomer-aromatic vinyl monomer; b) an organophosphorus-based flame retardant; c) a hypophosphite compound; and d) a sulfur-containing compound including at least two sulfur atoms, wherein b) the organophosphorus-based flame retardant, c) the hypophosphite compound and d) the sulfur-containing compound are included in a weight ratio of 15 to 24:2 to 4:2 to 5.

A flame-retardant single-, or multi-layered, fibre-matrix semi-finished product has a polyamide-based fibre-matrix that includes at least one organic phosphinic acid salt and/or a diphosphinic acid salt. A process for the production thereof includes impregnating a fibre ply, or plies, and consolidating the ply or plies into a composite.

An insulated wire includes a conductor, and a flame-retardant insulation layer that includes a resin composition including a flame retardant and is arranged around the conductor, and a water-blocking layer that is arranged around the flame-retardant insulation layer and has a water absorption of not more than 0.5% at saturation. The thickness of the water-blocking layer is not less than 25 μm.

Solventborne binder compositions which include a copolymer obtained by reacting a mixture of monomers in the presence of an organic solvent, wherein the monomer mixture includes an ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a vinyl ester monomer having a formula CH.sub.2CH—X—C(═O)—R, where R is a linear or branched alkyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, an aromatic group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or R is bonded to X to form a 5- to 7-member ring, and X is O. Intumescent coatings containing the solventborne binder compositions, and substrates coated with the intumescent coatings are also disclosed.

Compositions and methods for the production of crosslinked polymer modified asphalt containing renewable products, such as ester bottoms or byproducts of soy oil or corn oil. Such compositions and methods may be used to reduce fire and explosion hazards associated with sulfur in preparation of crosslinked polymer modified asphalt.

In an example, a material includes a cellulosic nanomaterial and multiple polymer chains chemically bonded to the cellulosic nanomaterial. Each polymer chain includes a styrene-butadiene copolymer.

Disclosed are a halogen-free resin composition, and a prepreg and a laminate prepared by using the same. The halogen-free resin composition comprises the following components according to organic solid matters by weight parts: (A) 40-80 parts by weight of allyl modified benzoxazine resin; (B) 10-20 parts by weight of hydrocarbon resin; (C) 10-40 parts by weight of allyl modified polyphenylene oxide resin; (D) 0.01-3 parts by weight of initiating agent; (E) 10-100 parts by weight of filler; and (F) 0-80 parts by weight of phosphoric flame retardant. The prepreg and the laminate prepared by using the halogen-free resin composition have lower dielectric constant and lower dielectric loss tangent value, higher peeling strength, higher glass transition temperature, excellent heat resistance and good flame retardant effect.

The present invention relates to pellets of a flame retardant long glass fibre reinforced polypropylene composition having a core containing glass fibres and a sheath of a polypropylene compound comprising a flame retardant composition and surrounding said core, wherein the flame retardant composition comprises a mixture of an organic phosphate compound, an organic phosphoric acid compound and zinc oxide. The invention further relates to flame retardant moulding compositions and articles manufactured using the pellets or the moulding compositions.