Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology

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A Study on Combustion Characteristics of Fire Retardant Treated Wood

난연처리된 목재의 연소특성에 관한 연구

  • Park, Hyung-Ju (Department of Safety Engineering, Hoseo University) ;
  • Kang, Young-Goo (Department of Environment & Safety Engineering, Hoseo University) ;
  • Kim, Hong (Department of Environment & Safety Engineering, Hoseo University)
  • 박형주 (호서대학교 안전공학과) ;
  • 강영구 (호서대학교 환경안전공학부) ;
  • 김홍 (호서대학교 환경안전공학부)
  • Received : 2005.04.20
  • Accepted : 2005.06.20
  • Published : 2005.07.25
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Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the combustion characteristics of flame retardant treated wood by water-soluble flame retardants which are made from mixture of aqueous solution of monoammonium phosphate, sodium borate and zinc borate. The combustion characteristics for flame retardant treated wood were carried out using thermal analysis (TGA, combustion heat) and flame retardant test (LOI, flame propagation). The results of thermal analysis and flame retardant test are as follows; 1) The sample treated by F4 showed excellent flame retardant effects in almost all of combustion characteristics. 2) From TGA curves, all the samples undergo pyrolysis and oxidation in two main discrete steps. 3) The effect of flame retardant for softwood is higher than those for hardwood, and the combustion heat has decreased with increase of the content of flame retardant. 4) LOI values are almost similar in flame retardant treated wood samples. The range of LOI is from 24 to 30. However, these values are much higher than LOI value of non-treated wood sample. 5) The blended aqueous solution had a final in the range of about pH 8.4, and a slight odor of ammonia.

본 연구는 Monoammonium phosphate, Sodium borate 및 Zinc borate를 이용하여 난연성 수용액을 배합하고, 이를 이용하여 난연처리한 목재의 연소특성을 검토하기 위하여 수행하였다. 난연처리한 목재의 연소특성은 열분석(TGA, 연소열)과 난연시험(LOI, 화염전파)을 이용하여 수행하였다. 열분석과 난연시험의 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) F4로 처리한 시료가 거의 모든 연소 특성에 있어 우수한 난연효과를 나타내었다. 2) TGA curve로부터, 모든 시료는 열분해와 산화과정을 가짐을 알 수 있었다. 3) 연질목재에 대한 난연효과가 경질 목재보다 효과적이며, 난연제의 함량이 증가함에 따라 연소열은 감소하였다. 4) 난연처리된 목재의 LOI값은 24~30으로 거의 비슷하였으나 이들 값들은 비처리된 목재시료의 LOI값보다 높게 나타났다. 5) Monoammoum phosphate, Sodium borate, Zinc borate, Sodium hydroxide에 의해 배합된 수용성 난연제의 pH는 약 8.4로 옅은 암모니아 냄새가 났다.

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