Intumescent Flame Retardants

Intumescent FR additive benefits: 

 Very robust fire safety and flame resistance performance.

 One of the few systems that can use select polymer structures to actively participate in flammability reduction. 

 Intumescent FR additive drawbacks: 

 Can have water pickup issues.

 Can be expensive.

 Can have low temperature limits that limit processing ranges. 

Intumescents are often used for applications requiring high levels of flame retardancy. Building and construction, firewall/firedoor barriers, aerospace, military, wire & cable, mass transport, etc.

Novista Group supplies halogen-free flame retardant for PP, PE, PA6/PA66.