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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.