国际阻燃剂市场特点和发展动向

International flame retardant markets and its features and developmental trends

论述了美国、西欧及日本三大阻燃剂市场的容量及结构,分析了这三大市场的特点,并预测了它们的发展动向和前景.在今后一段时期内,全球阻燃剂用量的年增长率可保持在3.5%～4.0%,且溴系阻燃剂仍将占有重要地位,但出于对环保和未来阻燃法规的考虑,人们会对阻燃塑料在释热速度、生烟性及热分解/燃烧产物毒性3方面提出更为严格的要求,这无疑会引起阻燃剂结构的变化.低烟、低毒、与环境兼容的阻燃剂将会进一步得到发展,而那些为用户“量身定做”的阻燃系统更会受到人们的青睐.最后对我国阻燃剂工业的发展提出了几点建议.

The consumption of flame retardants by major regions （America, Western Europe and Japan） and types are summarized and described. The features, developmental trends and prospects of these three big markets are analyzed and discussed. In the next few years, the global annual growth rate of flame retardants will probably be at 3.5 % - 4.0 %. At the present time and in the near future, the brominated flame retardants are still playing and will continue to play an important role. In consideration of the environmental protection and flame retardant regulations which will be issued in the coming years, more stringent requirements of heat release rate, smoke generation and toxicity of combusted products of flame-retarded materials will be put forward. This would surely cause certain changes in applications of some existing flame retardants. The use of low-smoke, low-toxicity, and environmental friendly flame retardants will be promoted. And the tailor-made composite flame retardants will be more and more popular in the field of flame retardancy. At the end of this paper a number of suggestions on the flame retardant industry of China are made.