Claims
- 1. A thermoplastic formulation comprising:
- (a) a flammable macromolecular material; and
- (b) a flame retardant amount of a decabromodiphenylethane product containing a predominate amount of decabromodiphenylethane and a lesser amount of impurities, said decabromodiphenylethane being produced by the bromination of diphenylethane, and said decabromodiphenylethane product being oven-aged and thereafter having a melting point within the range of from about 344.degree. C. to about 355.degree. C.
- 2. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 1 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is high impact polystyrene.
- 3. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 1 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is acrylonitrile butadiene-styrene.
- 4. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 1 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is a polyolefin.
- 5. A thermoplastic formulation comprising:
- (a) a flammable macromolecular material; and
- (b) a flame retardant amount of a decabromodiphenylethane product of decabromodiphenylethane and a lesser amount of impurities, said decabromodiphenylethane being produced by the bromination of diphenylethane, and said decabromodiphenylethane product being oven-aged and thereafter exhibiting a weight loss of less than about 20 wt. % at 400.degree. C. when subjected to thermogravimetric analysis.
- 6. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 5 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is high impact polystyrene.
- 7. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 5 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is acrylonitrile butadiene-styrene.
- 8. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 5 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is a polyolefin.
- 9. A thermoplastic formulation comprising:
- (a) a flammable macromolecular material; and
- (b) a flame retardant amount of a decabromodiphenylethane product containing a predominate amount of decabromodiphenylethane ethane and a lesser amount of impurities, said decabromodiphenylethane being produced by the bromination of diphenylethane, and said deecabromodiphenylethane product being oven-aged and thereafter having the following weight loss profile when subjected to thermogravimetric analysis,
- ______________________________________ 300.degree. C. 350.degree. C. 400.degree. C.______________________________________Percent Weight Loss <0.5 <4.5 <20.0______________________________________
- 10. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 9 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is high impact polystyrene.
- 11. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 9 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is acrylonitrile butadiene-styrene.
- 12. The thermoplastic formulation of claim 9 wherein the flammable macromolecular material is a polyolefin.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of co-pending application Ser. No. 387,952, filed July 31, 1989, now pending which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 205,728, filed June 13, 1988, now abandoned.
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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Divisions (1)
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387952 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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