Abstract: A process for producing a living radical polymer characterized in that a vinyl monomer is polymerized with use of an organotellurium compound represented by the formula (1), an azo type polymerization initiator and a ditelluride compound represented by the formula (2), and the living radical polymer obtainable by the process wherein R1 is C1-C8 alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl or an aromatic heterocyclic group, R2 and R3 are each a hydrogen atom or C1-C8 alkyl, and R4 is aryl, substituted aryl, an aromatic heterocyclic group, acyl, oxycarbonyl or cyano. (R1Te)2 ??(2) wherein R1 is the same as above.

Abstract: A process for producing a living radical polymer characterized in that a vinyl monomer is polymerized with use of an organotellurium compound represented by the formula (1) and an azo type polymerization initiator, and the living radical polymer obtainable by the process wherein R1 is C1-C8 alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl or an aromatic heterocyclic group, R2 and R3 are each a hydrogen atom or C1-C8 alkyl, and R4 is aryl, substituted aryl, an aromatic heterocyclic group, acyl, oxycarbonyl or cyano.

Abstract: An improved phenoxyphosphazene compound is produced by treating a phenoxyphosphazene compound with (a) at least one adsorbent selected from activated carbon, silica gel, activated alumina, activated clay, synthetic zeolite and macromolecular adsorbents, (b) at least one reagent selected from metal hydrides, hydrazine, hypochlorites, thiosulfates, dialkyl sulfuric acids, ortho esters, diazoalkanes, lactones, alkanesultones, epoxy compounds and hydrogen peroxide, or (c) both the adsorbent and reagent, thereby reducing the acid value of said phosphazene compound to lower than 0.025 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: An improved phenoxyphosphazene compound is produced by treating a phenoxyphosphazene compound with (a) at least one adsorbent selected from activated carbon, silica gel, activated alumina, activated clay, synthetic zeolite and macromolecular adsorbents, (b) at least one reagent selected from metal hydrides, hydrazine, hypochlorites, thiosulfates, dialkyl sulfuric acids, ortho esters, diazoalkanes, lactones, alkanesultones, epoxy compounds and hydrogen peroxide, or (c) both the adsorbent and reagent, thereby reducing the acid value of said phosphazene compound to lower than 0.025 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: A flame-retardant resin composition comprising a phosphazene flame retardant and a polyester resin, wherein the flame retardant is bonded to the molecules of the polyester resin via the ester group thereof, can retain a high flame retardance for a prolonged term with little or no vaporization with time and is excellent in flame retardance, impact resistance, properties and processability.

Abstract: A powdery flame retardant which is obtained by mixing a flame retardant which is liquid or a viscous solid at ordinary temperature with an inorganic fibrous substance to adhere or adsorb the retardant to the fibrous substance, and which comprises 5 to 70 wt. % the flame retardant and 95 to 30 wt. % the fibrous substance. The powdery flame retardant can be easily handled because it is a powder, and is obtained by a simple and industrially advantageous method. It produces a remarkable effect that the performance of the liquid or viscous flame retardant is not impaired.

Abstract: The phenoxyphosphazene compound of the present invention is prepared by treating a phenoxyphosphazene compound with (a) at least one adsorbent selected from activated carbon, silica gel, activated alumina, activated clay, synthetic zeolite and macromolecular adsorbents, (b) at least one reagent selected from metal hydrides, hydrazine, hypochlorites, thiosulfates, dialkyl sulfuric acids, ortho esters, diazoalkanes, lactones, alkanesultones, epoxy compounds and hydrogen peroxide or (c) both the adsorbent and reagent.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to impart excellent flame retardancy to an aromatic polyamide resin without use of a halogen compound which is responsible for generation of gases harmful to the human body and without decreasing preferred properties (e.g. mechanical properties, and molding processability) inherently possessed by aromatic polyamide resins, the flame-retardant aromatic polyamide resin composition of this invention comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of an aromatic polyamide resin, (b) 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of a crosslinked phosphazene compound which is a compound crosslinked with a crosslinking group, such as phenylene groups, the crosslinking group being interposed between the two oxygen atoms left after the elimination of phenyl groups from the phosphazene compound, no free hydroxyl group being present in the molecule, the amount of all phenyl groups in the crosslinked compound being 50 to 99.

Abstract: This invention provides a flame-retardant resin composition comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin other than a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer, (B) 0.01 to 50 parts by weight of a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer, and (C) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a halogen-free phosphazene compound, the invention providing a novel flame-retardant resin composition which is free of the problems arising due to the presence of halogen element, the composition being excellent in flame retardancy, mechanical properties, molding processability and the like, and being unlikely to cause dripping.