Intumescent compositions, which may be foamed, and which are obtained by reacting:
- (1) polyisocyanates with
- (2) phosphorus-containing condensation products having at least one hydroxy group obtainable by condensing (i) primary or secondary aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, aromatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic monoamines and/or polyamines, which mono- or polyamines may contain OH-groups;
- (ii) carbonyl compounds;
- and, (iii) dialkyl phosphites, and
- (3) polyesters containing hydroxyl groups and having OH-numbers of from 140 to 300, obtained by reacting polycarboxylic acids containing from 2 to 10 carbon atoms with at least 2 polyols selected from two different groups of the following three:
- (a) hydroxyl compounds containing more than three OH groups and having molecular weights of up to 200,
- (b) hydroxyl compounds containing three OH groups and having molecular weights of up to 150,
- (c) hydroxyl compounds containing two OH-groups and having molecular weights of up to 80, with the proviso that at least one polyol is selected from group (a), and
- (4) cyanuric acid and/or cyanuric acid derivatives and
- (5) optionally water and/or other organic compounds containing isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms.