- Author
- Hastie, J. W. | McBee, C. L.
- Title
- Mechanistic Studies of Triphenylphosphine Oxide-Poly(Ethylene-terephthalate) and Related Flame Retardant Systems. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 75-741, August 1975, 43 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- mass spectrometers | phosphorus | polymers
- Abstract
- A combination of mass spectrometric and optical spectroscopic studies has been made to establish a mechanism for phosphorus controlled flame retardancy in thermoplastics. It is shown that a vapor phase mode of flame inhibition can account for the known flame retardancy effect of triphenylphospine-oxide in polyester substrates.