Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.v.

Somasundaram Elango

Gerrit De Wit

Veeraraghavan Srinivasan

Chris Van Der Weele

Reema Sinha

Rama Konduri

Subodh Kumar Pal

A composition is described, comprising: (a) from 20 to 80 wt % of a polyester; (b) from 5 to 35 wt % of a flame retardant phosphinate of the formula (I)[(R)(R)(PO)&#x2014;O]M&#x2003;&#x2003;(I),a flame retardant diphosphinate of the formula (II)[(O&#x2014;POR)(R)(POR&#x2014;O)]M&#x2003;&#x2003;(II),and/or a flame retardant polymer derived from the flame retardant phosphinate of the formula (I) or the flame retardant diphosphinate of the formula (II), wherein Rand Rare identical or different and are H, C-C-alkyl, linear or branched, or C-C-aryl; Ris C-C-alkylene, linear or branched, C-C-arylene, -alkylarylene or -arylalkylene; M is an alkaline earth metal, alkali metal, Al, Ti, Zn, Fe, or boron; m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1, 2, or 3; and x is 1 or 2; (c) from 1 to 25 wt % of a melamine polyphosphate, melamine cyanurate, melamine pyrophosphate, and/or melamine phosphate; (d) from more than 0 to 25 wt % of a polyetherimide; and (e) optionally, an additive.

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