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Tin compounds have been known as flame retardants since the midnineteenth century, when processes based on the in situ precipitation of hydrous tin(rv) oxide were developed to impart flame-resist properties to cotton and other cellulosic materials:
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Cusack, P.A. (1998). Flame retardants: tin compounds. In: Pritchard, G. (eds) Plastics Additives. Polymer Science and Technology Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5862-6_37
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