Fire retardants have long been incorporated in formulations used in fabric back-coating. These traditional finishes, with a wide range of performance and quality levels, were often developed independently by various textile chemical formulators worldwide and sold under a variety of trade names. In an effort to fundamentally upgrade the basic aesthetic and functional performance of halogenated back-coating formulations, DSBG's experts have embarked on a program to optimize its offerings for this market. Projects are conducted in DSBG's textile application laboratory to optimize existing fire-retardants for textile applications through modifications of the raw materials and precisely engineered formulations. Alternate and modified fire-retarding agents, binders, additives, dispersants, flow modifiers and preparation procedures are being investigated. This knowledge base is offered to textile finish formulators to effectively improve the quality and competitiveness of their halogenated fire retardant back-coating products. This paper will describe some current results of these efforts including a comparison of decabromodiphenylether (FR-1210) based formulations with formulations based upon tris(tribromophenoxy) triazine (FR-245) and associated systems.
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