What is a pressure sensitive adhesive(PSA) flame retardant?

As the name suggests, flame retardants are chemical additives that can prevent the combustion of objects. Adding flame retardants to flammable materials can make the materials difficult to ignite in the case of open flame, or easy to extinguish and not easy to spread after igniting. Flame retardants also reduce heat and smoke release.

Pressure-sensitive adhesive flame retardant is not a simple product, but a large family, family members have 700~800 kinds, which can be divided into organic flame retardant and inorganic flame retardant, or according to the reaction element is divided into halogen, phosphorus, nitrogen, and silicon system, can also be divided into mixed type, added type and reaction type according to the use method.

The reason why there are so many types of flame retardants is to meet the “taste” of different materials. Each flame retardant defender has his or her own special job, and they can also be used in combination, division of labor, and excellent fire prevention tasks.

These invisible guardians are active in every aspect of people’s lives. They quietly “lurk” in the circuit boards of mobile phones, computers, televisions, refrigerators, and other electronic appliances, all kinds of electronic products in their plastic shell of them, aircraft, ships, bus seats, and building external wall insulation materials have their silent stick figure. In Europe and the United States and other developed countries, flame retardants are also widely used in children, the elderly and the sick, and other people with mobility difficulties in clothing. China has also issued national standards that specify fire retardant requirements for building materials and decorations, textiles, furniture, wires, switches, lamps, and appliances used in public places.