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Effect of flame‐retardant treatment on the mechanical properties of some tropical timbers
Author(s) -
Eboatu A. N.,
Amanfo I.,
Akpabio I. O.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1992.070440207
Subject(s) - fire retardant , alum , materials science , potassium , composite material , aluminium , pulp and paper industry , metallurgy , engineering
Potassium aluminum sulphate, hereafter referred to as alum, was used as a flame‐retardant for some African timbers. It was observed that this treatment did not drastically reduce the strength of these timbers. Reasons are adduced to explain this result.