Fire Retardance

22:

• A fire retardant material for application to textiles comprising ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine resin or melamine-based resin and melamine-based particles retained in a base material, wherein the weight to weight ratio of ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and melamine-based particles is from 3:1 to 1:3.

23:

• A material according to claim 22, wherein the ammonium polyphosphate particles are surface reacted melamine ammonium polyphosphate particles.

24:

• A material according to claim 22, wherein the ammonium polyphosphate particles are surface reacted melamine formaldehyde ammonium polyphosphate particles.

25:

• A material according to claim 22, wherein the melamine-based particles are one or more of melamine cyanurate, melamine polyphosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, melamine phosphite.

26:

• A material according to claim 22, wherein the base material comprises one of a wax, a resin or a binder.

27:

• A material according to claim 26, wherein the base material comprises a polymeric resin, for example polyurethane.

28:

• A material according to claim 22, wherein the weight to weight ratio of ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and melamine-based particles is 1:1.

29:

• A material according to claim 22, wherein the sum of the weights of ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and melamine-based particles is less than 60 w/w % of the base resin.

30:

• A material according to claim 29, wherein the sum of the weights of ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and melamine-based particles is in the range of from 5 to 50 w/w % of the base resin.

31:

• A material according to claim 22, wherein the base material comprises a polymeric resin and the melamine-based particles consist of melamine cyanurate.

32:

• A fire retardant textile article coated with a fire-retardant material according to claim 31.

33:

• A textile article according to claim 32, wherein the ammonium polyphosphate particles are surface reacted melamine ammonium polyphosphate particles.

34:

• A textile article according to claim 33, wherein the ammonium polyphosphate particles are surface reacted melamine formaldehyde ammonium polyphosphate particles.

35:

• A textile article according to claim 32, comprising a plurality of layers of fire retardant material according to claim 22.

36:

• A textile article according to claim 32, wherein the or each layer has a basis weight of from about 5 to about 55 gm−2.

37:

• A textile article according to claim 32, wherein the sum of the weights of ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and melamine-based particles is in the range of from 5 to 25 w/w % of the base resin

38:

• A method of coating a textile article to provide a fire-retardant textile article, the method comprising dispersing fire retardant material in a base material, the fire retardant material comprising ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and melamine cyanurate particles, and coating the so-formed dispersion onto a textile article wherein the weight to weight ratio of ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and melamine cyanurate particles is from 3:1 to 1:3.

39:

• A method according to claim 38, comprising dispersing the fire-retardant material in a liquid resin solution.

40:

• A method according to claim 39, wherein the liquid resin solution is a polyurethane solution.