Aluminum diethyl phosphinate
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Surname | Aluminum diethyl phosphinate | |||||||||||||||
other names |
AlPi |
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Molecular formula | C 12 H 30 AlO 6 P 3 | |||||||||||||||
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Molar mass | 390.3 g mol −1 | |||||||||||||||
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firmly |
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Decomposition from 300 ° C |
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solubility |
sparingly soluble in water (2.5 g l −1 ) |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Aluminum diethylphosphinate or Depal is a phosphorus-containing flame retardant which is manufactured by Clariant in Knapsack under the trade name Exolit OP .
The compound is used as an additive in plastics and works by releasing phosphorus-containing products when heated. The degradation products trap the hydrogen and hydroxyl radicals in the flame zone and thus lead to flame poisoning. The flame retardant effect of aluminum diethyl phosphinate is therefore of a chemical nature.
The few studies available indicate a low toxicity of the compound.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Safety data sheet EXOLIT OP 1230 at Clariant, accessed on August 4, 2019.
- ^ A b c David Whitacre: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Volume 222 . 2013, ISBN 978-1-4614-4716-0 , pp. 46 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Patent EP1624015A1 : Fire retarded molding composition comprising a nanoscalar phosphorous fire retardant , accessed on July 25, 2015.
- ↑ Xue-quing Liu, Ji-yan Liu, and Shao-jun Cai: Aluminum phosphinate / epoxy flame retardant composites: the influence of the alkyl group ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link became automatic used and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 25, 2015.
- ^ David M. Whitacre: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology . Springer Science & Business Media, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4614-4716-0 , p. 45 ( limited preview in Google Book search).