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News Release from: Chemtura | Subject: Firemaster CP-44HF
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 July 2003
Flame retardant enhances polyesters and
polyamides
Firemaster CP-44HF flame retardant is a high-flow polybrominated styrene copolymer that offers unique compatibility in thermoplastic polyesters and high temperature polyamides.
Firemaster CP-44HF flame retardant is a high-flow polybrominated styrene copolymer that offers unique compatibility in thermoplastic polyesters and high temperature polyamides Firemaster CP-44HF flame retardant provides higher thermal stability, increased flow, and, much like the company's Firemaster 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
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Its lower molecular weight also allows Firemaster CP-44HF to work well in applications such as connectors, where the miniaturisation 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 colour stability and a reduced tendency for delamination during moulding".
The latest in Great Lakes' broad family of polybrominated styrene-based flame retardants, Firemaster CP-44HF, offers additional advantages compared with other flame retardants including excellent physical properties in unreinforced polymers or fibres, nonblooming, improved efficiency with synergists, and, in some applications, a reduction in drip suppressant levels.
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