Flame Retardants

Flame Retardant are substances that can be chemically inserted into the polymer molecule or be physically blended in polymers after polymerization to suppress, reduce, delay or modify the propagation of a flame through a plastic materials. There are several classes of flame retardants; Halogenated Hydrocarbons (Chlorine and Bromine containing compounds and reactive flame retardants), Inorganic flame retardants ( Boron compounds, Antimony oxides, Aluminium Hydroxide, molybdenum compounds, zinc and magnesium oxides ), Phosphorous containing compounds (Organic phosphate esters, phosphates, halogenated phosphorus compounds and inorganic phosphorus containing salts).

Inorganic Metal hydroxides Aluminium hydroxide Magnesium hydroxide Orthers	Antimony compounds Antimony trioxide Antimony pentoxide Sodium antimonate Others	Boron compounds Boric acid Borax Zinc borate Others
Other metal compounds Molybdenum compounds Titanium compounds Zirconium compounds Zinc compounds Zinc stannate Zinc hydroxy-stannate Others Others	Phosphorus compounds Phosphorus compounds Red phosphorus Ammonium polyphosphate Others	Inorganic flame retardants Ammonium sulfamate Ammonium bromide Others
Halogenated organic Brominated Tetrabromobisphenol A Decabromodiphenyl ether Octabromobiphenyl ether Tetrabromobiphenyl ether Hexabromocyclododecane Tribromophenol Bis(tribromophenoxy) ethane Tetrabromobisphenol A polycarbonate oligomers Tetrabromobisphenol A epoxy oligomers Other	Chlorinated Chlorinated paraffins Bis(hexachlorocyclopentadieno)cyclo-octane Others	Organophosphoros Non-halogenated compounds Phosphate esters Ttrialkyl phosphates Triaryl phosphates Aryl-alkyl phosphates Others Polyols Phosphonium derivatives Phosphonates Others
Polyols Phosphonium derivatives Phosphonium derivatives Others	Halogenated phosphates Tris(1-chloro- 2-propyl) phosphate Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) Phosphate Others	Nitrogen -based Polyurethanes Polyamides Melamine and its salts Guanidine compounds Others