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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
Borealis Ag, Vienna, AT;
Linus Karlsson, Goteborg, SE;
Bernt-Ake Sultan, Stenungsund, SE;
Fredrik Skogman, Stenungsund, SE;
Joerg H. M. Ruder, Schwanstetten, DE;
Claus Beisert, Schwabach, DE;
BOREALIS AG, Vienna, AT;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a flame retardant polypropylene composition for a conduit, appliance, and/or automotive wire, comprising a flame retardant composition comprising: a) a base resin comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer which comprises a polypropylene homo- or copolymer matrix and an ethylene propylene rubber dispersed in said matrix, and b) a metal hydroxide or hydrated compound, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer has a MFRbelow 0.8 g/10 min and a xylene cold soluble (XCS) fraction content between 1 and 15 wt % based on the total weight of the heterophasic propylene copolymer.