Abstract:
In a method for the flame-retardant treatment of fabrics by impregnation with a condensate of a tetrakis (hydroxyorgano) phosphonium salt and, e.g., urea, the addition of one or more protonated and neutralized amines to the impregnation solution increases the efficiency of fixation of the phosphonium salt within the fibers, improves its uniform distribution within the system and leads to improved flame-retardant and water-resistant properties.
Abstract:
An improved, safe and economical process for impregnating a cellulose fabric with a flame retardant compound comprises: (a) impregnating the fabric with an aqueous solution of a phosphonium salt precondensate and a buffer; (b) adjusting the wet pick-up of the fabric and the concentration of the phosphonium salt precondensate in the pad bath such that the impregnated fabric has a phosphorus content of from about 3% to about 4% and a moisture content of from about 10% to about 20% both based on the weight of the fabric; and (c) without the necessity of drying the impregnated fabric, exposing it to ammonia in an amount and for a period of time sufficient to cure the compound. The impregnated fabric may then be subjected to conventional oxidation and process washing steps to yield the finished fabric.
Abstract:
Textile materials are rendered flame retardant by applying a phosphorus-containing condensation product, a nitrogen-phosphorus-containing condensation product and an aminoplast precondensate to the textile material, and fixing them on the textile material.
Abstract:
Manufacture of flame-retardant regenerated cellulose fibres by adding one or more flame-retardant phosphorus comounds to viscose, extruding the viscose-containing mixture thus obtained into a spinning bath, stretching and after treating the resulting filaments or staple fibres. The flame-retardant fibres are made by using as the flame-retardant agent a combination of compounds of the general formula:PN.sub.x O.sub.yin which x stands for a number between 0.09 and 1.7 and y stands for a number between 1.2 and 0, preferably approaching zero as the values of x increase towards 1.7 (component A), with compounds which are selected from phosphoric acid alkylesters, preferably halogen-containing phosphoric acid alkylesters; cyclophosphazenes, polyphosphazenes; tetrakis-(oxymethyl)-phosphonium chloride or hydroxide or its condensation products with ammonia, oxymethylamine, urea or other amines or amides, vinyl compounds containing halogen, phosphonitrogen or phosphorus; and tris-(1-aziridinyl)-phosphine oxide or N-(oxymethyl)-3-phosphonopropionamide, if desired in further combination with a condensation resin (component B).
Abstract:
The subject of the invention is a process for the manufacture of polycondensation products from hydroxymethylphosphonium compounds, characterized in that at least one anhydrous tetrakis-(hydroxymethyl)-phosphonium salt or tetrakis-(hydroxymethyl)-phosphonium hydroxide is condensed with itself in an anhydrous medium, optionally using an acid catalyst and optionally in the presence of at least one inert organic solvent, at 100.degree. to 150.degree. C, preferably 120.degree. to 150.degree. C, the condensation being continued until 0.5 to 1.5 mols of water have been eliminated per 1 mol of phosphonium compound employed, free hydroxyl groups are, if appropriate, at least partially etherified with at least one alkanol with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and that the salt of the polycondensation products are, where relevant, converted into the corresponding hydroxides.The polycondensation products are used for the flameproofing of organic fibre material, especially textiles. Appropriately, the procedure followed is that an aqueous preparation is applied to these materials which contains at least 1) a polycondensation product of the indicated type and 2) a polyfunctional compound, and that the material thus treated are dried and subjected to a heat treatment.
Abstract:
Textile treating compositions containing the elements phosphorus, nitrogen, and bromine and the processes for imparting flame resistance to organic fibrous materials have been prepared. This is accomplished by impregnating the textile treating compositions consisting of (1) tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine mixed with nitrogenous compounds containing at least two members of the group hydrogen and methylol radicals (--CH.sub.2 OH) attached to trivalent nitrogen atoms, or (2) soluble methylol phosphine adducts which contain one or more methylol phosphine radicals (P--CH.sub.2 OH) prepared by reacting tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine with an amide or amine which contains one or more hydrogens attached to a trivalent nitrogen with an organic bromine containing material with at least 10% bromine in the form of bromine atoms attached to carbon atoms, in proportions selected so that generally the phosphorus contained in structures of the group (--CH.sub.2).sub.3 P amounts to a small portion of the total weight of the mixture, and heating to cause insolubilization in or on the fibrous structure.
Abstract:
Durable flame retardancy and a soft hand are imparted to cellulosic textile materials by applying and curing an aqueous solution of tetrakis(hydroxymethyl)phosphonium oxalate and urea, a melamine, or a methylolated nitrogenous cellulose reactant or mixtures thereof to the textile materials.
Abstract:
Soluble methylol phosphine adducts which contain one or more methylol phosphine radicals (PCH2OH) are prepared by reacting in a suitable solvent tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine with an amide or amine which contains one or more hydrogens attached to trivalent nitrogen. These soluble adducts are particularly valuable for the preparation of thermosetting flame resistant polymers by reacting them with nitrogenous compounds which contain two or more hydrogen and methylol groups attached to trivalent nitrogen. The adducts are also valuable for the preparation of flame-, glow-, wrinkle-, and shrink-resistant knit and woven textiles by causing the adducts to react with nitrogenous compounds in or on the textile structure by application of heat.
Abstract:
A process for decreasing the flammability of textiles comprising a cellulosic fiber component and preferably a nitrogen-free thermoplastic fiber component which comprises treating the cellulosic fiber component with a condensate or a physical admixture of an allylurea and a phosphine/formaldehyde condensate such as a tetrakis (hydroxymethyl)-phosphonium salt to introduce allyl groups into the cellulosic component, and subsequently halogenating, preferably brominating, the allyl groups thus introduced.