What Is Flame Retardant?
Flame retardant is a chemical that dramatically slows the spread of fire. A quality and professionally applied flame retardant can really slow the spread of fire and aid fire fighters in an emergency. A good example of flame retardant is a coupling agent, or what is commonly known as a polymeric coupling agent. It is a polymer that attaches an inorganic filler to the polymer surroundings. Characteristically, the fillers are Calcium Carbonate, Glass fibers, Talc, or a flame retardant known as ATH (Aluminumtrihydrate) or what is also known as Mg(OH)2 (Magnesium hydroxide). The basis for the addition fillers are sometimes to lower the cost of the polymer (CaC03, Talc), to make it stiffer (glass fibers, CaCO3) or to craft it as a flame retardant or flame resistant compound so that it wont burn when ignited (ATH, Mg(OH)2).
