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Title: Thermal performance of glass fiber reinforced intumescent fire retardant coating for structural applications

Abstract

The results of influence of glass fiber addition into the basic intumescent coating formulation towards the enhancement of its thermal insulation properties are presented. The intumescent coatings were formulated from expandable graphite, ammonium polyphosphate, melamine, boric acid, bisphenol A epoxy resin BE-188, polyamide amine H-2310 hardener and fiberglass (FG) of length 3.0 mm. Eight intumescent formulations were developed and the samples were tested for their fire performance by burning them at 450°C, 650°C and 850°C in the furnace for two hours. The effects of each fire test at different temperatures; low and high temperature were evaluated. Scanning Electron Microscope, X-Ray Diffraction technique and Thermo Gravimetric Analysis were conducted on the samples to study the morphology, the chemical components of char and the residual weight of the coatings. The formulation, FG08 containing 7.0 wt% glass fiber provided better results with enhanced thermal insulation properties of the coatings.

Authors:
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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Tronoh 31750 Perak (Malaysia)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22488603
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1669; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: SCMSM 2014: 23. scientific conference of Microscopy Society Malaysia, Tronoh (Malaysia), 10-12 Dec 2014; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; BORIC ACID; CHARS; COATINGS; EPOXIDES; FIBERGLASS; GRAPHITE; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MELAMINE; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; POLYAMIDES; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL INSULATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Citation Formats

Ahmad, Faiz, Ullah, Sami, Aziz, Hammad, and Omar, Nor Sharifah. Thermal performance of glass fiber reinforced intumescent fire retardant coating for structural applications. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4919146.
Ahmad, Faiz, Ullah, Sami, Aziz, Hammad, & Omar, Nor Sharifah. Thermal performance of glass fiber reinforced intumescent fire retardant coating for structural applications. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919146
Ahmad, Faiz, Ullah, Sami, Aziz, Hammad, and Omar, Nor Sharifah. 2015. "Thermal performance of glass fiber reinforced intumescent fire retardant coating for structural applications". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919146.
@article{osti_22488603,
title = {Thermal performance of glass fiber reinforced intumescent fire retardant coating for structural applications},
author = {Ahmad, Faiz and Ullah, Sami and Aziz, Hammad and Omar, Nor Sharifah},
abstractNote = {The results of influence of glass fiber addition into the basic intumescent coating formulation towards the enhancement of its thermal insulation properties are presented. The intumescent coatings were formulated from expandable graphite, ammonium polyphosphate, melamine, boric acid, bisphenol A epoxy resin BE-188, polyamide amine H-2310 hardener and fiberglass (FG) of length 3.0 mm. Eight intumescent formulations were developed and the samples were tested for their fire performance by burning them at 450°C, 650°C and 850°C in the furnace for two hours. The effects of each fire test at different temperatures; low and high temperature were evaluated. Scanning Electron Microscope, X-Ray Diffraction technique and Thermo Gravimetric Analysis were conducted on the samples to study the morphology, the chemical components of char and the residual weight of the coatings. The formulation, FG08 containing 7.0 wt% glass fiber provided better results with enhanced thermal insulation properties of the coatings.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4919146},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22488603}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1669,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}