Abstract: A flexible foam composition includes a flexible foam body having a surface, which flexible foam is polyurethane and/or latex flexible foam, and an expandable graphite layer on the surface or within the foam surface adjacent to the surface. The flexible foam composition with the expandable graphite layer imparts improved flame retardant properties to the composition.

Abstract: Binder compositions are described that contain (1) a reducing sugar and (2) a reaction product of a urea compound and an aldehyde-containing compound. A specific example of the binder compositions include dextrose and an imidazolidine compound such as 4,5-dihydroxyimidazolidin-2-one. The binder compositions may be applied to collections of fibers and cured to form a fiber-containing composite, such as fiberglass insulation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fire retardant composition that includes a non-intumescent composition and an intumescent composition, fire retardant coatings including the same, and methods of preparation and use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to diorganylphosphinic salts containing 0.0001% to 99.9999% by weight of iron, to a process for preparation thereof and to the use thereof.

Abstract: A non-flammable composition is formulated to include ceramic powder, graphite, mica and ZrO2. The non-flammable composition is capable of being applied to an external surface of an item, or may be incorporated into the substrate material used to form an item prior to the item's manufacture. The non-flammable composition provides both fire-resistance and fire-retardant properties to the items that are treated thereby.

Abstract: Soft touch fire retardant laminates with PVC middle layers, foamed or unfoamed, and multiblock copolymer or polyurethane or silicone top layers which meet FAA requirements are disclosed.

Abstract: Low permeation fuel hose is provided comprising an outer cover layer prepared from a composition comprising a polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer and, optionally, a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), wherein the hose exhibits improved low and high temperature performance compared to conventional fuel hoses having an outer layer consisting of industrial grade PVC.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosetting intumescent coating composition which is suitable for protecting substrates against hydrocarbon fires, for example jet fires. The coating composition can be used without a supporting mesh. The present invention also relates to substrates coated with the intumescent coating composition, and a method of protecting structures from fire.

Abstract: An fibrous insulation product is provided that includes a binder comprising a polyol and a phosphorus crosslinking agent derived from a phosphonic or phosphoric acid, salt, ester or anhydride to form crosslinked phosphodiester linkages. The polyol is polyvalent, but may be monomeric or preferably polymeric; and may be synthetic or natural in origin. Carbohydrate polysaccharides are exemplary polyols, including water-soluble polysaccharides such as dextrin, maltodextrin, starch, modified starch, etc. Additionally, the carbohydrate polymer may have a dextrose equivalent (DE) number from 2 to 20. In exemplary embodiments, the binder may also include a catalyst, a coupling agent, a process aid, and other additives. The environmentally friendly, formaldehyde-free binder may be used in the formation of residential and commercial insulation materials and non-woven chopped strand mats. A method of making fibrous products is also provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polyolefin-based flame retardant resin composition and a molded product. The present invention relates to a polyolefin-based flame retardant resin composition satisfying flame retardancy (particularly, UL94V V-0, V-1, and V-2 grades, an auto ignition property of 15 seconds or less, and eco-friendly flame retardancy), improved extrusion properties, a melt index, tensile elongation, or appearance quality required in use of extruded tube molds and the like for insulation and wiring in electrical and electronic products, and vehicles using a particular phosphate-based flame retardant, and a molded product manufactured from the composition are disclosed.

Abstract: Described is an insulation layer-forming composition containing a binder that is based on a compound having low-electron multiple carbon bonds and a carbanion-forming compound. The disclosed composition, which has a relatively high expansion rate, makes it possible to apply, in a simple and rapid manner, coatings that have the layer thickness required for the particular fire resistance time, the layer thickness being reduced to a minimum while achieving a great insulating effect. The disclosed composition is particularly suitable for fire protection, especially as a coating for steel components such as pillars, beams and truss members, for increasing the fire resistance time.

Abstract: A material for protecting a surface from heat made of a mixture comprising cork granules and resin as a binding agent, which also includes short fibers of heat-resistant material, and phenolic resin or epoxy resin.

Abstract: The invention relates to a formulation suitable to provide polyurethane, the formulation comprising (a) at least one polyurethane forming mixture; (b) at least one phosphate component selected from the group consisting of ammonium polyphosphate (APP) and melamine phosphates, and mixtures thereof, and; (c) at least one metal or metalloid oxide particle having a maximum particle size of less than 300 ?m, wherein the metal or metalloid is selected from the group consisting of Mg, and Al, and wherein said at least one phosphate component is present in an amount ranging from 20 to 45% by weight based on 100% by weight of the formulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition that can be used as a coating and that can protect a substrate coated with this composition from high heat. The composition comprises: -a polysulfide, -an epoxy resin, -a compound selected from compounds having a secondary and/or a tertiary amine group, and compounds having an amide group, -a phosphonate, -fibres and -less than 1 wt. % of a polysiloxane, wherein the wt. % is relative to the weight of the composition after evaporation of any solvent that is present in the composition.

Abstract: A crosslinkable composition comprising aminoalkyl-functional and epoxy-functional silanes and/or siloxanes provides an improvement in adhesion and sealing of various substrates under the conditions of cold-water storage, especially when a significant portion of all the silicon units has an amino-functional or an epoxy-functional unit and has an SiC-bonded, optionally halogen-substituted alkyl radical.

Abstract: A flame retardant polypropylene compound is disclosed. The compound comprises a polypropylene and non-halogenated ammonium phosphate flame retardant, along with ethylene vinyl acetate, magnesium hydroxide; fluoroelastomer and other functional additives. The compound can achieve a UL 94 rating of V-0 at a thickness of 1.55 mm or greater.

Abstract: A fire-resistant coating for a wood product which includes a polyurethane matrix. The polyurethane matrix includes an aromatic isocyanate which is present in a quantity ranging from 20% to 50% by weight of the formulation, castor oil which is present in a quantity ranging from 10% to 60% by weight of the formulation, intumescent particles, and a fire retardant present in a quantity ranging from 1% to 40% by weight of the formulation. The fire retardant is selected from the group consisting of disodium ocataborate tetrahydrate, Colemanite (CaB3O4(OH)3.H2O), Ulexite (NaCaB5O6(OH)6.5(H2O)), Aluminum trihydrate, Magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2), Hydromagnesite (Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2.4H2O), and Hunitite (Mg3Ca(CO3)4). Fire-resistant wood products incorporating the fire-resistant coating are also described.

Abstract: Fire retardant coating systems and solid body cast systems comprise a first part comprising at least one ingredient having NCO functionality; and a second part comprising at least one ingredient having an active hydrogen functionality that is co-reactive with the NCO, wherein the first part and the second part are formulated so that when the parts are mixed together they form a cured coating or a solid body. The coating system or solid body cast system comprises a first fire retardant ingredient that is a phosphorus-based compound, a second fire retardant ingredient that is an intumescent material, and a third fire retardant ingredient that is a brominated ingredient. Methods for preparing a fire retardant coating or solid body are also described.

Abstract: An intumescent coating composition and a process for curing the coating to obtain an intumescent coating is provided. The intumescent coating composition contains a thermoplastic polymer which comprises as a copolymerized component, an acid (meth)acrylate or a copolymerizable polyfunctional carboxylic acid; at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer; an azo or organic peroxide initiator; an acid source; a carbon source; and a gas source.

Abstract: Contemplated compositions and methods for protection of concrete and various other cementitious materials comprise a step of formation of a mesoporous polymeric network within the concrete or other cementitious material, wherein the network further includes a cationic component that forms a substantially insoluble precipitate upon reaction with sulfuric acid to so form a composite barrier against further attack by sulfuric acid.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising: (a) about 0% to 99% by weight of at least one resin wherein the resin is selected from the group consisting of epoxy, latex, polyurethane, polyurea, polyspartic, or alkyd resins; (b) about 1%-99% by weight of tristyrenated phenol or distyrenated phenol; and (c) optionally about 2% to 98% by weight of an additional solvent.

Abstract: A flexible or rigid intumescent material for fire protection applications. The intumescent material includes inorganic fibers, intumescent material, and a char strength enhancer that is different from the intumescent material and binder. The intumescent material exhibits a high expansion ratio and char strength, without substantial shrinkage, in response to elevated temperatures normally encountered during a fire.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for coatings that include the reaction product of at least a sodium silicate solution, at least one isocyanate reactive component having at least one of a hydroxyl and an amine functionality of between about 2 and about 4, at least one intumescent filler, at least one filler, optionally a suspension agent and at least one prepolymer having isocyanate functional groups. The prepolymer includes the reaction product of a prepolymer reaction mixture. The prepolymer reaction mixture includes at least one isocyanate, at least one polyol having an hydroxyl functionality of between about 2 and about 6, and at least one silicone surfactant having at least one isocyanate reactive moiety.

Abstract: An intumescent coating composition is disclosed comprising two intumescent agents, a polymer and optionally, one or more ancilliary agents. One of the intumescent agents is expandable graphite, and the other is a melamine cyanurate complex. These two intumescent agents in combination with the polymer, which is flexible and weather resistant, provide a coating composition that will not smoke or distribute burning particles in the wind.

Abstract: Compositions that include a mixture of biosoluble inorganic fibers and a micaceous binder are described. The compositions can be prepared free of refractory ceramic fibers that are respirable but durable in a physiological medium. The compositions are typically in the form of a sheet material or a paste and can be used, for example, as a protective packing material around the pollution control element or as an insulating material in the end cone region in a pollution control device. Sheet materials formed from the compositions have an area of a X-Y plane that decrease less than about 6 percent when heated to about 900° C.

Abstract: Abatement of combustion by Li-ion battery is achieved by positioning a mixture comprising a thermally destabilizable solid fluoropolymer and a fluorinated composition with respect to the battery, the positioning being effective to provide the abatement of combustion of the battery, the mixture preferably being a semi-solid and having the proximity to the battery to provide the combustion abatement effect, preferably as a coating on at least a portion of the battery.

Abstract: The invention is a composition for an aqueous, intumescent fire protection coating, consisting of at least one silicone resin emulsion and an agent forming foam in case of fire. Furthermore, the invention concerns an intumescent fire protection coating made with such composition, as well as the application and a manufacturing process for this composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a curable composition including an organic polymer containing a crosslinkable silyl group, an ultraviolet ray absorbing agent having a triazine skeleton and a hindered amine based light stabilizer. The composition exhibits improved weather resistance in a thin layer and thick layer portion. Further, disclosed is a curable composition including an organic polymer containing a crosslinkable silyl group, a (meth)acrylic polymer containing an epoxy group, a divalent tin organic carboxylate and an organic amine compound. The composition exhibits excellent properties. Also, disclosed is a curable composition and sealing material including a reactive organic polymer containing at least one crosslinkable silyl group in one molecule thereof, a reactive organic polymer containing less than one crosslinkable silyl group in one molecule thereof, and thermally expandable hollow spheres. The composition has good physical properties. Also, disclosed is a fire-resistant structure forming method.

Abstract: Water-based intumescent fireproofing formulations are provided that exhibit excellent fireproofing properties while simultaneously significantly reducing and/or eliminating the potential for VOC release and exhibiting excellent hangability properties. The intumescent fireproofing formulation includes a coalescent that significantly reduces and/or eliminates the potential for VOC release and fiber constituents, e.g., fibers of greater than 0.2 mm in length. Exemplary coalescents have a boiling point of at least 180° C. and include bis(2-ethylhexanoate) triethyleneglycol and 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediolmono(2-methylproponate). Intumescent fireproofing formulations are also provided that include clay to further improve performance.

Abstract: A liquid intumescent resin coating composition including at least one polymeric component, at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomeric component, and at least one intumescent ingredient. The coating composition further includes at least one of Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate (Nepheline syenite) and Potassium Aluminum Silicate. The coating composition is curable to a solid state by free radical polymerization.

Abstract: Water-based intumescent fireproofing formulations are provided that exhibit excellent fireproofing properties while simultaneously significantly reducing and/or eliminating the potential for VOC release and exhibiting excellent hangability properties. The intumescent fireproofing formulation includes a coalescent that significantly reduces and/or eliminates the potential for VOC release and fiber constituents, e.g., fibers of greater than 0.2 mm in length. Exemplary coalescents have a boiling point of at least 180° C. and include bis(2-ethylhexanoate) triethyleneglycol and 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediolmono(2-methylproponate). Intumescent fireproofing formulations are also provided that include clay to further improve performance.

Abstract: Flame retardant compositions are disclosed which comprise (a) at least one particulate material which expands on the application of heat and (b) at least one particulate nano-filler, together with at least one polymer and/or at least one curable monomer or oligomer. The compositions may also contain certain silicon-based materials. Flame-retardant compositions comprising polyorganosiloxanes containing one or more functional groups selected from amino, hydroxyl, methacrylic, acrylic and epoxy groups, are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed generally towards fire-resistant wood products and formulations for fire-resistant coatings. In some embodiments, the disclosure includes a fire-resistant coating comprising an aromatic isocyanate (present in a quantity ranging from about 15% to about 39%), castor oil (present in a quantity ranging from about 37% to about 65%), and intumescent particles (present in a quantity ranging from about 1% to about 40%). Further aspects are directed towards materials such as wood products coated with fire-resistant coatings according to embodiments of the disclosure.

Abstract: Polymer blends comprising a first phase comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane matrix and a second phase comprising a crosslinked polar olefin polymer are provided. The first phase is a continuous phase and the second phase can be co-continuous with the first phase, or dispersed as a non-continuous phase in the first phase. The first phase further comprises a metal hydroxide flame retardant and an organic flame retardant. The second phase further includes a metal hydroxide which is coupled to the olefin polymer via a silane coupling agent.

Abstract: A transparent fire resistant glazing comprising an intumescent interlayer, wherein the intumescent interlayer comprises an alkali metal silicate and a foam improvement additive, wherein the foam improvement additive comprises a polymer and/or oligomer and/or salts thereof, wherein said polymer, oligomer and/or salts thereof each contain at least one organic moiety having at least one hydrogen-bondable functional group covalently attached thereto.

Abstract: This invention relates to flame barrier compositions as well as a method for the preparation of the flame barrier compositions formed from a flame retardant composition and water. A protective barrier comprises a flame barrier composition or a flame barrier polymer on top of a layer or sandwiched between two or more layers of glass, wood, paper, polymer films, and other layered materials as well as mixtures of layers.

Abstract: An intumescent coating composition and a process for curing the coating to obtain an intumescent coating is provided. The intumescent coating composition contains a thermoplastic polymer which comprises as a copolymerized component, an acid (meth)acrylate or a copolymerizable polyfunctional carboxylic acid; at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer; an azo or organic peroxide initiator; an acid source; a carbon source; and a gas source.

Abstract: Intumescent composition comprising: A) a binder comprising (i) a resin comprising a polysiloxane chain or a precursor for said chain, (ii) optionally an organic resin, and (iii) at least one type of functional group selected from the group consisting of epoxy, amine, mercaptan, carboxylic acid, acryloyl, isocyanate, alkoxysilyl, and anhydride groups, said functional groups being present as pendant and/or terminal groups on said resin comprising a polysiloxane chain or the precursor for said chain, and/or on the organic resin, provided that if the binder contains alkoxysilyl groups as the only type of said functional groups, these alkoxysilyl groups are present on the organic resin, B) a compound capable of reacting with or catalysing the reaction between the functional groups, and C) a spumific and a char forming adjunct.

Abstract: A method of forming a heat shield that involves thermally stabilizing a plurality of phenolic microspheres; mixing the thermally stabilized phenolic microspheres with a phenolic resin to form a phenolic ablative material; compressing the phenolic ablative material into a honeycomb core; and allowing the phenolic ablative material to cure.

Abstract: A flexible or rigid intumescent material for fire protection applications. The intumescent material includes inorganic fibers, intumescent material, and a char strength enhancer that is different from the intumescent material and binder. The intumescent material exhibits a high expansion ratio and char strength, without substantial shrinkage, in response to elevated temperatures normally encountered during a fire.

Abstract: An intumescent rod comprising an intumescent component formed of an intumescent material and a polymer matrix. The intumescent rod may include a second component forming a covering, core or layer adjacent the intumescent component. A method for manufacturing an intumescent rod including molding or extrusion of at least one of an intumescent component and an optional second component.

Abstract: Seal, particularly for use with a ladle shroud in the casting of molten metal from a ladle, having an intumescent composition containing expandable graphite from which some, but not all, of interstitial water present therein has been removed. The interstitial water can be driven off from known expandable graphite by heating it to between approximately 230° C. and 280° C. for approximately 30 minutes. Once part of its interstitial water has been removed, the expandable graphite is used to produce the intumescent composition, which is then formed/shaped into the required seal.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and composition for controlling the viscosity of latex compositions that include fly ash. The composition is an aqueous dispersion comprising water, at least one polymer latex, from about 50 to about 600 parts by weight fly ash per 100 parts by weight dry polymer, and a viscosity stabilizing composition that preferably comprises at least one borate compound. The method includes adding a viscosity stabilizing composition to an aqueous polymer latex composition that includes fly ash. The viscosity stabilizing composition can be used to produce a stirred viscosity of the aqueous dispersion 7 days after mixing that is less than 30% greater than the viscosity of the aqueous composition immediately after mixing.

Abstract: The present invention is a flame-retardant polyolefin/thermoplastic polyurethane formulation made from or containing a polyolefin, a thermoplastic polyurethane, and an intumescent, polyphosphate flame retardant composition. The invented system achieves elongations>400% and tensile strengths>1500 psi while the same polyolefin only achieved 100% elongation and<1000 psi tensile strength. Also, the present invention shows improved tape extrusion performance versus a comparable TPU only composition, indicating improved melt rheology/fabrication capability for extrusion applications.

Abstract: A method for forming a fire resistant material is disclosed. The method comprises providing a plurality of expandable beads of a polymeric material. The beads are coated with an exfoliable graphite. The exfoliable graphite is adhered to the beads with a resin having a solubility parameter of the polymeric material. The beads are thereafter caused or allowed expand and fuse.

Abstract: An intumescing, multi-component epoxide resin coating composition for fire protection with a component (A), which contains at least one epoxide resin and at least one vinyl ester, a curing agent component (B), which contains at least one curing agent for the epoxide resin, and an intumesing component (C), which contains at least one acid constituent, at least one source of carbon and at least one gas-forming agent, components (A) and (B) being kept separate from one another to prevent reaction and reacting with one another with polymerization only while being mixed, as well as the use of this coating composition for providing steel construction elements with a fire protection coating.

Abstract: Disclosed is a randomly moldable thermosetting paste containing small mineral balls, an inorganic binder or a mixture of such binders, and a fiber moiety. Said paste is characterized in that hollow mineral microballs are used. The paste which cures starting at room temperature is suitable for use as a fire-resistant and heat-insulating material that is provided with great inherent stability in the cured state. The inventive paste is suitable for the production of inexpensive low-density molded parts. Moreover, the invention makes it possible to dispense with the use of organic solvents such that the paste can be used directly by the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intumescent formulation comprising a clay such as an organoclay.

Abstract: A method for forming a fire resistant material is disclosed. The method comprises providing a plurality of expandable beads of a polymeric material. The beads are coated with an exfoliable graphite. The exfoliable graphite is adhered to the beads with a resin having a solubility parameter of the polymeric material. The beads are thereafter caused or allowed to expand and fuse.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intumescent coating with improved metal adhesion.