FLAME-RETARDING PLASTICS AND ELASTOMERS WITH MELAMINE

Melamine has shown broad utility as a flame retardant in plastics alth ough its commercial use to date as a flame retardant additive has been principally in coatings and flexible methane foams. Its mode of actio n appears to involve endothermic sublimation and vapor-phase dissociat ion, but it also undergoes conversion to non-volatile products and amm onia. Combinations of melamine with other flame retardants of all type s have been reported as having advantageous performance. The present r eview covers the patent and non-patent literature with 130 references.