Abstract Smoke-suppressant polymer compositions are described comprising a polyhalocarbon resin and an organic ester of the formula ROC(O)C(O)OR' (a) wherein R and R' can be the same or different and are C 1 to C 8 alkyl, C 6 to C 12 cycloalkyl or C 1 to C 8 alkoxy-substituted C 1 to C 8 alkyl; RC(CH.sub.2 O).sub.3 (CH.sub.2 CH═CH.sub.2).sub.3-x (OOCCH 3 ) 3-y (b) wherein R is defined above and x and y are 1 or 2 with the proviso that x≠ y; [CH.sub.3 C(O)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C(O)O].sub.x R" (c) wherein x is defined above and R" is C 1 to C 8 alkyl, C 6 to C 12 cycloalkyl, C 1 to C 8 alkoxy-substituted alkyl, C 2 to C 8 alkylene or C 2 to C 8 oxyalkylene; or Mixtures thereof. (d)
A plasticized vinyl chloride polymer composition comprising a polymeric vinyl chloride resin containing at least 50% polymerized vinyl chloride and 0-50% of a copolymerized olefinically unsaturated monomer and 20 to 40 parts per 100 parts of said resin of a plasticizer having the formula ROC(O)C(O)OR' wherein R and R' each separately represent C 1 to C 8 alkyl, C 6 to C 12 cycloalkyl or C 1 to C 8 alkoxy-substituted C 1 to C 8 alkyl.
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A plasticized vinyl chloride polymer composition comprising a polymeric vinyl chloride resin containing at least 50% polymerized vinyl chloride and 0-50% of a copolymerized olefinically unsaturated monomer and 20 to 40 parts per 100 parts of said resin of a plasticizer having the formula ROC(O)C(O)OR' wherein R and R' each separately represent C 1 to C 8 alkyl, C 6 to C 12 cycloalkyl or C 1 to C 8 alkoxy-substituted C 1 to C 8 alkyl.
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The composition of claim 1 in which said plasticizer is 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy) ethyl-ethyl oxalate ester.
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The composition of claim 1 in which said plasticizer is 2-(2-butoxyethoxy) ethyl-ethyl oxalate ester.