Naturally occurring mixtures of huntite and hydromagnesite have unexpectedly high leveles of fire retardancy when compared to alumium hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide in ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.  This is ascribed to the platy nature of the huntite, which prevents escape of fuel.

Fire retardancy of mineral fillers in EVA copolymers

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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