Improve Flame Retardancy of your Polymers with Right Additives

Polymeric materials are a large fraction of the fire load in homes, commercial spaces and transportation and are inherently flammable. Polymers are organic compounds that degrade to give volatile combustible materials. Owing to this successful strategies have been in use for years to reduce the flammability of the materials. The common practice involves interrupting the combustion process at one or more stages by incorporating flame retardant.

 

Flame Retardants for Polyamide

 

Among the synthetic polymeric materials, Polyamide is a widely used polymer having great significance in the automobile industry, textiles, kitchen utensils, carpets, fibre industries and sportswear due to its high strength and durability. But due to the fact that like every other organic compound, polyamide is also flammable. They show the relative ease of burning and pose a great risk to fire. Hence, it requires anti-flaming modifications for proper usage. For this reason, specially formulated Flame Retardant Additives For Polyamide are available in the market that alters the thermal decomposition mechanism of the material either by quenching the flame or by reducing the heat transferred from the flame to the decomposing material. It is a common practice from the commercial usage point of view as this offers enhanced performance at a low cost.

 

Anti-dripping Additives for Polymers

 

InolubTM I-SAN is one of the most recommended Anti Dripping Agents widely used in various applications to improve flame retardancy of polymeric materials. These are high molecular weight (HMW) emulsion-polymerized PTFE particles provided by Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited. Free-flowing I-SAN powder is available in a form such that it enables the compounders to optimize the addition of additives as per the need and industry requirements. If you want such a versatile anti-dripping additive for your polymers or any other kind of additive for your industrial applications, simply contact us! We at GFL, are the leading manufacturer and supplier of fluoropolymers, fluoro specialities, refrigerants and chemicals to cater to the material requirements of various industries.

 

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