Fire-retardant performance of some surface coatings for naval ship interior applications
✍ Scribed by J. R. Brown; Z. Mathys; S. Z. Riddell; L. V. Wake
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 838 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0308-0501
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✦ Synopsis
The fire-retardant performances of various surface coatings for naval ship interior applications have been evaluated by a number of small-scale fire test methods. The coatings were evaluated as topcoats by cone calorimetry and limiting oxygen index methods and as primerltopcoat systems by radiant heating, direct flame impingement and reverse panel heating procedures. The coatings investigated were (1) a solvent-based epoxy polyester, (2) a solvent-based fieretardant alkyd, (3) a solvent-based chlorinated alkyd and (4) a water-based acrylic. In terms of the measured parameters, the chlorinated alkyd has superior fire properties while the epoxy polyester, the fire-retardant alkyd and the acrylic have significant disadvantages in relation to fire propagation. The relatively low amount of hydrogen chloride ( -0.3%-mass per initial mass) evolved by the chlorinated alkyd during cone calorimetric combustion and its outstanding fire-retardant properties have resulted in it being considered acceptable for naval ship interior applications.