BENEFITS
- Good heat stability
- Easy to disperse
- Non-toxic
- Odorless
- Non-corrosive
- Non-irritant
- Insoluble in water, ethyl alcohol, n-butyl alcohol, benzene, and acetone
Flame Retardant for a wide variety of end-uses
Zinc Borate is a zinc containing flame retardant: Zinc compounds were initially developed as smoke suppressants for PVC. Later it was found that they also act as flame retardants in certain plastics mainly by promoting char formation.
It is used as a flame retardant for engineering plastics, rubber items, coatings, textile fabrics, etc.
Zinc borates can be used as multi-functional synergistic additives with other flame retardant additives in polymers to improve the flame retardant performance. If applied in latex systems that are stable in alkaline environment, the pH of the ZB dispersion should be adjusted according to the latex- or binder system (with NH3 or MEA or TEA).