Benefiting from the increasing prosperity of the construction industry, the market demand for flame retardants is strong

Flame retardants, also known as flame retardants, fire retardants, and fire retardants, refer to substances that can prevent the burning of flammable polymers. The flame retardant mechanism of flame retardants includes endothermic effect, covering effect, non-flammable gas suffocation effect, and chain reaction inhibition. According to different usage methods, flame retardants can be divided into two types: additive flame retardants and reactive flame retardants. Additive flame retardants can be directly mixed with resin or rubber, occupying the main market space of flame retardants; reactive flame retardants participate in polymerization reactions as a monomer, and the flame retardant effect is relatively long-lasting.

According to the “2022-2027 Flame Retardant Industry Development Status and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report released by the Industrial Research Center, flame retardant The raw materials of the agent include antimony trioxide, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, phosphate, bromine resources, etc. As an important raw material for flame retardants, phosphate production capacity continues to expand. my country’s phosphate production enterprises are mainly concentrated in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangsu and other places. The phosphate production capacity in the above regions accounts for nearly 46.5% of the global total production capacity. Sufficient supply of raw materials promotes the rapid development of the flame retardant industry. In recent years, the scale of my country’s flame retardant market has continued to expand. In 2021, the scale of my country’s flame retardant market reached 23.16 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.4%.

Flame retardants are mainly used in flame retardant materials, household products, electronic appliances, textiles, transportation, construction and other fields. As a pillar industry of my country’s national economy, the prosperity of the construction industry continues to increase. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the total output value of my country’s construction industry in 2021 reached 293.07930 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.0%. When a fire occurs, the safety factor of a room using flame-retardant materials is 15.0 times that of an ordinary room, providing more time for trapped people to escape. As the production and operation scale of construction industry enterprises continues to expand, flame retardants will gain broad market prospects by virtue of their ability to improve the flame resistance of building materials and effectively prevent the occurrence and spread of fires.

Organophosphorus flame retardants are flame retardant subdivision products. Compared with organohalogen and inorganic flame retardants, organophosphorus flame retardants have the advantages of good flame retardant effect, less smoke, low corrosivity, low toxicity, dual functions of flame retardant and plasticizing, and are widely used in polyurethane. and engineering plastics fields. Strong market demand has driven the production of organophosphorus flame retardants to continue to increase. In 2021, my country’s organophosphorus flame retardant production will reach 332,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.6%. With the deepening of environmental protection and health concepts, organophosphorus flame retardants will become the mainstream products in my country’s flame retardant market.

Industry analysts said that in recent years, the number of fire casualties in our country has shown a significant downward trend, which is related to the flame retardant in building materials, furniture and other fields. Widespread use of agents is relevant. As an important raw material for flame retardants, phosphate’s production capacity continues to expand, which will provide support and guarantee for the development of my country’s flame retardant industry. As the application fields continue to expand, the demand for flame retardants will further grow. Organophosphorus flame retardants will gain a broad market space with their advantages of low toxicity and low smoke.