About8 gflame retardants(markedWa)werepackagedwith the same filter papers (marked Wc). The specimens were put in about 2 l distilled water, and the temperature was kept at different temperatures for 36 h and then removed and dried to constant mass at 80 C (marked Wt). The water leaching rate of the specimens can be expressed as: Water leaching rate ¼ WtWcðÞ = WaWc ð Þ 100% Because the soluble particle of flame retardant can be dissolved in water and leached through filter papers, the defined water leaching rate is used to characterize the water solubility.