Article | REF: AM3237 V2

Flame Retardants for polymeric materials

Authors: Laurent FERRY, José-Marie LOPEZ-CUESTA

Publication date: October 10, 2016, Review date: October 23, 2020

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4. Halogen-containing flame retardants

4.1 Halogen comparison

As the dissociation energies of the C—C bonds in the hydrocarbon backbone of polymers are of the order of 347 kJ/mol, the efficiency of halogenated RFs increases in the order :

F>Cl>Br>I

Despite its high theoretical efficiency, fluorine is not used as a flame retardant because its bond with carbon is too energetic. Its dissociation energy is around 485 kJ/mol. It would only begin to act in the gas phase, and thus to be effective, once all the organic material...

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