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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1990
Paritosh M Chakrabarti, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kenneth J Sienkowski, Bethlehem, PA (US);
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The water leaching of ammonium polyphosphate from compositions comprising organic polymer and particles of ammonium polyphosphate is reduced if the ammonium polyphosphate is surface-modified with at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of: (a) fatty alcohol containing from about 12 to about 32 carbon atoms, (b) alkylene oxide adduct of such fatty alcohol, (c) fatty acid amide containing from about 12 to about 32 carbon atoms in the acyl group thereof, (d) copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, and (e) a mixture thereof, wherein the surfactant has an HLB less than about 10.