Flame-retardant polyester artificial hair

1. A flame retardant polyester based artificial hair, formed from a composition comprising:

(A) at least one polyester selected from a polyalkylene terephthalate and/or a copolymer comprising polyalkylene terephthalate as a main component,

(B) at least one bromine containing flame retardant selected from the group consisting of a brominated epoxy based flame-retardant, a brominated phenoxy resin based flame-retardant and a brominated phosphate based flame-retardant and

(C) a phosphorus compound selected from an organic cyclic phosphorus compound and/or a phosphoric ester amide compound, where the composition is obtained by melt kneading 100 parts by weight the polyester (A) and 5 to 30 parts by weight of a mixture of bromine containing flame-retardant (B) and the phosphorus compound (C) is 90/10 to 10/90,

wherein the phosphorus compound (C) is 10-benzyl-9,10-di-hydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide represented by formula (I).

2. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 1 , wherein the polyalkylene terephthalate is at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene terephthalate, and polybutylene terephthalate.

3. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 1 , wherein the flame-retardant (B) is at least one compound represented by formulae (1) to (4):

wherein m represents an integer of 0 to 100;

wherein R 1 represents alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 0 to 100 and x represents an integer of 0 to 5;

wherein R 2 represents alkyl group having 1-10 carbon atoms, p represents an integer of 0 to 100 and y represents an integer of 0 to 5;

wherein q represents an integer of 80 to 200.

4. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair of claim 1 , wherein the flame-retardant (B) is at least one brominated phosphate ester selected from the group consisting of tris(bromoethyl)phosphate, tris(bromopropyl)phosphate, tris(dibromopropyl)phosphate, tris(bromobutyl)phosphate, tri s(dibromobutyl)phosphate, tris(bromoneopentyl)phosphate, tris(dibromoneopentyl)phosphate and tris(tribromoneopentyl)phosphate.

5. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 1 , which further comprises organic fine particles (D) and/or inorganic fine particles (E).

6. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 5 , wherein the organic fine particles (D) are composed of at least one member selected from the group consisting of a polyarylate, polyamide, fluoro-resin, silicone resin, cross-linked acrylic resin, and a cross-linked polystyrene.

7. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 5 , wherein the inorganic fine particles (E) are composed of at least one member selected from the group consisting of antimony trioxide, antimony pentoxide, sodium antimonate, calcium carbonate, silicon oxide, titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, talc, kaolin, montmorillonite, bentonite, and mica.

8. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 1 , which is in the form of a non-crimped fiber.

9. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 1 , which is spun dyed.

10. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 1 , which has a monofilament size of 10 to 100 dtex.

11. The flame retardant polyester based artificial hair according to claim 1 , wherein the flame-retardant (B) is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (1) wherein m represents an integer of 0 to 15, a compound of formula (2) wherein n represents an integer of 0 to 30 and x represents an integer of 0 to 3, a compound of formula (3) wherein p represents an integer of 0 to 5 and y represents an integer of 0 to 3, and a compound of formula (4).