Flame protection agent compositions containing triazine intercalated metal phosphates

1. A flame retardant composition comprising:

(a) at least one triazine-intercalated metal phosphate with at least one monomer unit of the following general formula (I):

(A-H) a (+) [M b m+ (H 2 PO 4 ) x1 (−) (HPO 4 ) x2 2(−) (PO 4 ) x3 3(−) (PO 3 ) y (−) ] (a−)* p H 2 O  (I)

where (A-H) (+) is a triazine derivative of the formula (II-1), (II-2) or (II-3)

each M is independently Cu, Mg, Ca, Zn, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, TiO, ZrO, VO, B, Si, Al, Sb, La, Ti, Zr, Ce, or Sn;

a is 1 to 6,

b is 1 to 14,

m=1 to 4,

x 1 , x 2 , x 3 , y=0 to 12, where at least one of the variables x 1 , x 2 , x 3 >0 and p=0 to 5,

where: a+mb=x 1 +2x 2 +3x 3 +y,

where the at least one monomer excludes the compounds of formulas

[(A-H) + ] c [M c+ (HPO 4 2− ) c ], and  (III-1)

[(A-H) + ] c [M c+ (P 2 O 7 4− ) c/2 ],  (III-2)

wherein M is Ca, Mg, Zn, or Al, and c is the oxidation number of the metal, and

(b) at least one further flame retardant component other than (a).

2. The composition according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one further component (b) is a metal compound which is not a metal phosphate of component (a), or/and at least one metal-free phosphorus compound.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , characterized in that (A-H) (+) =(II-1) and M=Zn or Al.

4. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal compound (b) is a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, a metal phosphate, a metal pyrophosphate, a hydrotalcite, a cationically or anionically modified organoclay, a stannate or molybdate salt, a metal borate or metal phosphinate of the formula (III):

where R 1 and R 2 are each hydrogen or a straight-chain or branched C 1 -C 6 -alkyl radical or a phenyl radical; and Mt=Ca, Mg, Zn, or Al, and m=2 or 3.

5. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal compound (b) is diantimony trioxide, diantimony tetroxide, diantimony pentoxide, or zinc oxide.

6. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal compound (b) is magnesium hydroxide (brucite), aluminum trihydroxide (ATH, gibbsite), or aluminum monohydroxide (boehmite).

7. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal compound (b) is magnesium aluminum hydroxo carbonate or calcium aluminum hydroxo carbonate.

8. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal compound (b) is an alkyl sulfate- or fatty acid carboxylate-modified hydrotalcite or a long-chain quaternary ammonium-modified clay mineral.

9. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal compound (b) is ammonium heptamolybdate, ammonium octamolybdate, zinc stannate, or zinc hydroxystannate.

10. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal compound (b) is an alkali metal borate, alkaline earth metal borate, or zinc borate.

11. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal compound (b) is calcium phosphinate, magnesium phosphinate, zinc phosphinate or aluminum phosphinate (hypophosphite), calcium phenyl(benzene)phosphinate, magnesium phenyl(benzene)phosphinate, zinc phenyl(benzene)phosphinate or aluminum phenyl(benzene)phosphinate, or calcium diethyl(ethane)phosphinate, magnesium diethyl(ethane)phosphinate, zinc diethyl(ethane)phosphinate or aluminum diethyl(ethane)phosphinate.

12. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal-free phosphorus compound (b) is red phosphorus, an oligomeric phosphate ester, an oligomeric phosphonate ester, a cyclic phosphonate ester, a thiopyrophosphoric ester, a melamine polyphosphate or ammonium polyphosphate, a hydroxyalkylphosphine oxide, a tetrakis(hydroxyalkyl)phosphonium salt, a phospholane (oxide) derivative or dihydrophosphole (oxide) derivative, or a phosphonite ester.

13. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal-free phosphorus compound is an oligomeric phosphate ester of the formula (IV) or formula (V):

where each R is independently hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 alkyl or hydroxyl, n=1 to 3 and o is 1 to 10.

14. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal-free phosphorus compound is an oligomeric phosphonate ester of the formula (VI):

where R 3 =methyl or phenyl and x is 1 to 20, and where each R is independently hydrogen, C 1 -C 4 alkyl or hydroxyl, and n=1 to 3.

15. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal-free phosphorus compound is a cyclic phosphonate ester of the formula (VII):

where y=0 or 2.

16. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal-free phosphorus compound is a thiopyrophosphoric ester of the formula (VIII):

17. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one metal-free phosphorus compound is present as a phosphonite ester in the form of a benzenemonophenyl ester derivative or as a DOPO derivative (9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene 10-oxide or 6H-dibenzo(c,e)(1,2)oxaphosphorin-6-one derivative) of the formula (IX) or (X):

18. The composition according to claim 2 , characterized in that polyols and/or aminouracils and/or polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane compounds and/or trishydroxyethyl isocyanurate and/or melamine cyanurate and/or expandable graphite are additionally present.

19. The composition according to claim 18 , characterized in that the polyol is pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, or tripentaerythritol, the aminouracil is 1,3-dimethyl-6-aminouracil, and the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane compound is methoxysilane-based.

20. The composition according to claim 1 , characterized in that the concentration of the at least one triazine-intercalated metal phosphate (a) and of component (b) in a polymer or a polymer mixture is preferably 0.1 to 60% by weight based on the polymer to be processed.

21. A method of using a composition according to claim 1 as a flame retardant in a polymer, paper, textile, or wood plastic composite (WPC).

22. The method according to claim 21 , characterized in that the polymer is a thermoplastic, or is a thermoset.