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Flame‐retardant treatment of some tropical timbers
Author(s) -
Eboatu A. N.,
Garba B.,
Akpabio I. O.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
fire and materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.482
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-1018
pISSN - 0308-0501
DOI - 10.1002/fam.810170107
Subject(s) - fire retardant , fertilizer , cellulose , pyrolysis , combustion , waste management , environmental science , pulp and paper industry , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , composite material , engineering , organic chemistry
The Superphosphate Fertilizer, to be referred to simply as fertilizer, was used to impregnate some tropical timbers. It was observed that this treatment drastically altered the thermal characteristics of these materials. The results are interpreted as arising from the fact that on heating, fertilizer evolves molecules that interfere with the chemistry of pyrolysis/combustion of wood cellulose.