Fyrolflex® RDP

Trade Name Synonyms Fyrolflex RDP [Akzo Nobel http //www.akzonobei.com]... 

Benzenedicarboxylic acid, bis [2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-6-r[3-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyll methyl]-4-methylphenyl] ester 67669-76-3 Dermol GL-7A Estalan-GLTR Glycereth-7 triacetate Hest G7A Pelemol G7A 67676-09-7 Isopulegyl acetate 57583-54-7 Fyrolflex RDP... 

Use of this plasticizer, which is commercially available (Fyrolflex RDP) permits to obtain, non-fogging, flame retarded polyurethane foam. Incorporation of halide (preferably chlorine) in trialkyl plasticizer results in an ignition resistant, UV stable plasticizer. Effect of a plasticizer on heat stability of PVC, flexibility of plasticized material at room and low temperatures is usually balanced by the selection of a required proportion between aryl and alkyl components. Low temperature properties can be improved by alkylphettylation with special attention to isopropyl substituents. Also haze can be eliminated in PVC composition by use of alkylated derivatives (e.g., methylphosphonate). Matty efforts were made by international groups of specialists to analyze reasons for increased toxicity of some phosphates such as tricresyl and triphenyl phosphates. Their extensive findings are reported elsewhere. ... 

Fyrolflex RDP is a resorcinol bis(diphenyl phosphate). It is a liquid that is designed for use in engineering plastics such as polyesters, modified PPO as well as PC/ABS blends and HIPS. It has low volatility and good thermal stability, meaning it can outperform triaryl phosphates, such as triphenyl phosphate. Fyrolflex RDP is used either as a flame retardant or, in low doses, as a flow modifier. 

Tetraphenyl Resorcinol Diphosphate [57583-54-7], This is the main component of an oligomeric phosphate flame retardant, Akzo Nobel s FYROLFLEX RDP or Great Lakes Chemical s REOFOS RDP, designed for use in engineering thermoplastics such as polyphenylene oxide blends (105,106), thermoplastic polyesters, polyamides, polycarbonates, and ABS-polycarbonate blends. A major use was in PPO-HIPS blends and later in ABS-polycarbonate blends (107). It is a colorless to light-yellow liquid, viscosity 400-800 mPa s at 25°C, and a pour point of - 12°C. It is less volatile than the triaryl phosphates and has a higher percentage of phosphorus (11% P) than triphenyl phosphate. 

Oligomeric aromatic phosphates have been patented and commercially used as flame-retardant additives mainly for impact-resistant polystyrene blends with polyphenylene oxide and polycarbonate blends with acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers (130,131). They have also been shown useful in thermoplastic polyesters (92). The principal commercial examples are based on phenol and resorcinol (Akzo-Nobel s Fyrolflex RDP) or phenol and bisphenol A (Akzo-Nobel s Fyrolflex BDP or Albemarle s Ncendx P-30). Although these have the diphosphate as their principal ingredient, they also contain higher oligomers. 

Fyrolflex BDP from Akzo Nobel Chemicals has been shown to exhibit higher thermal properties and hydrolytic stability than other aryl phosphates, and to provide similar or better fire retardant performance than RDP. It is a bisphenol A bis(diphenyl phosphate) compound that provides good physical properties in formulations based on PC/ABS, HIPS and polyphenylene oxide/HIPS blends. Upon thermal decomposition of the flame-retarded polymers, phosphorus tends to accumulate in the solid residue, a result which indicates that the primary FR action of BDP is most likely to be in the condensed phase. 

Tetraphenyl Bisphenol-A Diphosphate [5945-33-5], This is the main component of an oligomer, Akzo Nobel s FYROLFLEX BDP, Great Lakes REOFOS BAPP, or Albemarle s NCendX P30, and is used for the same applications as the RDP discussed above. RDP and BDP are mainly the diphosphates with small amounts of the higher oligomers. Although BDP has a lower percentage of phosphorus (9%) than RDP (11%), it is lower in cost, and has a substantial hydrolytic stability advantage (108), a factor of particular importance for the apphcation in polycarbonate-ABS blends. 

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