| US 7,553,898 B2 | ||
| Flame retardant plastic compositions | ||
| Miriam Rafailovich, Plainview, N.Y. (US); and David Abecassis, Huntington, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 17, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/601,382. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/738093, filed on Nov. 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0135545 A1, Jun. 14, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. C08K 3/34 (2006.01); C08K 5/03 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 524—445 [524/411; 524/469; 524/496] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A flame retardant composition comprising:
from about 30% to about 50% by weight of a polyolefin;
from about 10% to about 25% by weight a brominated polystyrene or from about 30% to about 40% by weight decabromodiphenyl
ether;
from about 10% to about 30% by weight of an exfoliated nanoclay; and
from about 5% to about 15% by weight carbon nanotubules or metal oxide fillers in the nanometer particle range.
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