Great Lakes launches polybrominated styrene flame retardent, offering unique compatibility in high performance polyesters
Firemaster CP-44HF allows to produce thinner-walled electrical components with identical safety record
Firemaster CP-44HF flame retardant provides higher thermal stability, increased flow, and, much like the company's Firemaster(R) CP-44B flame retardant, demonstrates improved compatibility in the host polymer, namely engineering polymers such as PBT, PET, other specialty thermoplastic polyesters, and most polyamides. Its lower molecular weight also allows Firemaster CP-44HF to work well in applications such as connectors, where the miniaturization and thin walling of parts is a key issue.
"The trend towards lead-free solder and the production of much smaller, thinner-walled electrical components is causing processing issues for the industry," said Bill Neagle, Great Lakes' vice president of business management for flame retardants. "Firemaster CP-44HF offers our customers improved stability and processability without compromising flame retardancy, and it stands up to the high processing temperatures required for these applications. The result is improved color stability and a reduced tendency for delamination during molding."
The latest in Great Lakes' broad family of polybrominated styrene-based flame retardants, Firemaster CP-44HF, offers additional advantages compared to other flame retardants including excellent physical properties in unreinforced polymers or fibers, improved efficiency with synergists, and possible reduction of drip suppressant levels, and Firemaster CP-44HF is non-blooming.
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