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Flame-retardant products - A halogen-free future

 
LANXESS offers a wide range of flame retardant Durethan® Polyamides and Pocan® Polyesters for the electronics industry.
These products show very good flame redardancy, excellent electrical behavior, good flowability as well as very good mechanical properties.


In addition to products which contain halogen-based flame retardants, grades with halogen-free flame retardants are also available. Most of these grades comply with the European IEC 60335-1 standard for household appliances. For more information on this standard, please click the link below.

All flame-retardant products from LANXESS conform to the following EU directives: WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and RoHS (Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment). For more information on these directives, please click the appropriate links.

For more information on the IEC 60335-1 standard, application examples or glow wire tests, please use the links below.


IEC 60335-1registred users only!FR Glühdraht grau
Household Appliances Standard
IEC 60335-1
Case Studies
(registered users only)
Flammabilitiy Tests*


Overview of flame retardant grades - Durethan (PA) and Pocan (PBT, PET)

Our product range includes new halogen-free and bromine-containing grades which offer a combination of high flame retardancy, low ignitability (GWIT), very high electrical values, good flowability and outstanding mechanical properties.


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halogen containing||non-reinforcedGFGF+GB  ||non-reinforcedGF
halogen-free||non-reinforcedGFGF+GBGF+MDMD||non-reinforcedGF


FR grades - more literature
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ULYellow Cards Durethan and PocanUnderwriters Laboratories (UL)
 
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