Impact of wetting and drying cycle treatment of intumescent coatings on the fire performance of thin painted red lauan (Parashorea sp.) plywood

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-215

  Chuang, Chih Shen ^a   Tsai, Kuang Chung ^b   Wang, Yi Chung ^c   Wang, Ming Kuang ^a   Ko, Chun Han ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cone calorimeter; Ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVAc); Intumescent; Polyvinyl acetate copolymer (PVAc); Red lauan plywood

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CAPILLARY FLOW; COATED MATERIALS; EMULSIFICATION; ETHYLENE; FIRES; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLYWOOD; RESINS; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; WETTING;

ACETATE COPOLYMERS; BINDER RESINS; CONE CALORIMETER; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE VINYLACETATE COPOLYMERS; FIRE PERFORMANCE; INTUMESCENT; POLYVINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; RED LAUAN PLYWOOD; WETTING AND DRYING CYCLES;

POLYVINYL ACETATES;

CALORIMETERS; COATINGS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; DEHYDRATION; EMULSIFICATION; ETHYLENE; FIRES; FLAME RETARDANTS; PLASTICS; PLY WOOD; POLYVINYL ACETATE; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; VINYL ACETATE; WETTING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PARASHOREA;

EID: 77953872758     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-009-1089-2     Document Type: Article

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