Authors: Luís Mesquita, Marco Teixeira, Paulo Piloto, Luísa Barreira

This paper presents an experimental study about the fire protection efficiency of a material produced of an emulsion of intumescent coating with granulated cork. The analysis is performed at the micro scale level, with TG and DSC tests at elevated temperatures, and in a mass loss calorimeter with protected steel plates, with temperatures representative of a fire scenario. The results indicate that an increased protection is obtained when the granular cork particle size is smaller and a cork mass fraction of 5% is used.

Luís Mesquita¹ | Marco Teixeira² | Paulo Piloto³ | Luísa Barreira⁴
1 Departamento de Mecânica Aplicada, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2 Engenharia Mecânica, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
3 Departamento de Mecânica Aplicada, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
4Laboratório de Estruturas e Resistência dos Materiais, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança