THE EFFECTS OF FIBERGLASS ON THE THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES OF INTUMESCENT COATING | ||||
The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||||
Article 31, Volume 15, 15th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2012, Page 1-12 PDF (2.36 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/amme.2012.36933 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
F. Ahmad1; S. Ullah2; N. Amir3; N. S. Omar4 | ||||
1Associate Professor, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia. | ||||
2Ph.D., Dept. of Mech. Eng., Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia. | ||||
3Ph.D. student, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia. | ||||
4Under graduate student, Dept. of Mech. Eng., Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Malaysia. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of fibreglass addition into the basic intumescent coating formulation towards the enhancement of its thermal insulation properties. The intumescent coating were formulated from expandable graphite (EG), ammonium polyphosphate (APP), melamine (MEL), boric acid (BA), bisphenol A epoxy resin BE-188 (BPA), ACR Hardener H-2310 polyamide amine and fiberglass (FG) of length 3.0mm. Eight different intumescent formulations were developed and the samples were tested for their fire performance by burning them at 450 ºC, 650 ºC and 850 ºC in the furnace for two hours. The effects of each fire test at different temperatures; low and high temperature were evaluated. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-Ray Diffraction technique (XRD) and Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) were conducted on the samples to study the char morphology, the crystalline material structure and chemical components and the thermal analysis of the coatings. The FG08 and FG07 formulations with 7.0 grams and 6.0 grams fiberglass provide better results with the enhanced thermal insulation properties of the coatings. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Component; intumescent coating; expandable graphite (EG); fiberglass | ||||
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