A free-flowing, stable liquid flame retardant mixture comprised of or
formed by mixing together components comprised of: A) at least one
organic halogen-containing reactive flame retardant in which the halogen
is bromine, chlorine or both; and B) a liquid additive that is comprised
of at least one aliphatic polyepoxide of the formula R(EP).sub.n, wherein
R is a straight chain or branched chain aliphatic moiety which consists
of carbon, hydrogen, and optionally, one or more ether oxygen atoms
and/or one or more epoxy oxygen atoms; Ep is a terminal epoxy group: and
n is a whole or fractional number in the range of 2 to about 6. Such
mixtures can be effectively used in the preparation of flame retardant
rigid polyurethanes and rigid foams thereof, and rigid polyisocyanurate
and rigid foams thereof. Component B) serves as an effective hardener for
such polymers and foams. It is preferable to include in the liquid flame
retardant mixture one or more phosphorus-containing flame retardant
additives such a fully-esterified ester of a pentavalent acid of
phosphorus, e.g., an organic phosphate or organic phosphonate.