by pinfa-editor | 9 Feb, 2022
IMERYS S.A. is a French multinational company which specialises in the production and processing of industrial minerals used in a vast range of applications, including the plastics, rubber, paints, ceramic and paper industries. Imerys’ PIN flame retardants include...
by pinfa-editor | 21 Oct, 2019
by pinfa-editor | 9 Feb, 2022
Yann Bourgeois, Huber Martinswerk, presented results of combining zinc melamine polyphosphate (ZMP intumescent) and aluminium tri hydroxide (ATH) for LSZH (low smoke zero halogen) cables (polyethylene – EVA). The zinc in ZMP is known to reduce smoke emission and the...
by pinfa-editor | 21 Oct, 2019
by pinfa-editor | 6 Sep, 2019
A zinc oxide – organic triazine compound (OTCA-ZnO) was prepared and tested as a flame retardant in EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate polymer) in combination with APP (ammonium polyphosphate) at total loading of 25% (App 0-25%, OTCA-ZnO 25-0%) by melt-mixing. OTCA-ZnO...
