Synergistic Flame Retardancy of Aluminium Dipropylphosphinate and Melamine in Polyamide 6

Table 3

Thermogravimetric results.

Materials	Mass loss
	2%/°C	5%/°C	10%/°C	50%/°C
PA6	333.6°C	386.1°C	402.6°C	450.1°C
ADPP	315.8	342.3	358.8	413.6
ME	237.6	252.7	265.3	298.5
ADPP/ME*	230.7	248.1	262.6	407.4
Flame-retarded PA6 with 25 wt% ADPP	309.7°C	328.4°C	346.9°C	445.0°C
Flame-retarded PA6 with 25 wt% ME	268.9°C	313.5°C	345.9°C	418.5°C
Flame-retarded PA6 with 25 wt% ADPP/ME*	241.3°C	317.2°C	349.2°C	443.4°C

∗Mass ratio of ADPP/Me was 75/25.