eprintid: 3757 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/37/57 datestamp: 2023-11-09 15:52:01 lastmod: 2023-11-09 15:52:01 status_changed: 2023-11-09 15:47:33 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Amir, N. creators_name: Ahmad, F. creators_name: Megat-Yusoff, P.S.M. title: Char strength of wool fibre reinforced epoxy-based intumescent coatings (FRIC) ispublished: pub keywords: Base material; Char strength; Fibre reinforced; Fibre reinforcements; Glass wool fibres; Height reduction; Intumescent; Intumescent coating; Mechanical performance; Resistance tests; Resistance to deformation; Rockwool, Coatings; Electric furnaces; Fibers; Flammability testing; Mechanical properties; Reinforcement; Strength of materials; Wool fibers, Tensile strength note: cited By 11; Conference of 2012 International Conference on Advanced Materials Engineering and Technology, ICAMET 2012 ; Conference Date: 28 November 2012 Through 30 November 2012; Conference Code:95061 abstract: Fire protective intumescent coating cannot insulate a base material effectively if its char lacks mechanical strength. This research therefore, studied the effects of fibre reinforcement to epoxy-based intumescent coating's char strength. The fibres used include glass wool fibre, Rockwool fibre and ceramic wool fibre of 10mm length. The three formulations' mechanical performances were compared to both, a famous commercial intumescent coating and a control formulation without fibre. These coatings were fire tested up to 800°C in an electric furnace for an hour. Their chars' mechanical properties were evaluated for char resistance test using predetermined weight loads. In the test, masses from 100g to 3600g were loaded continuously on top of the chars where the fibre reinforced intumescent coating (FRIC) has shown better strength and resistance to deformation. As a result, they produced lower percentage of height reduction i.e. 34 - 83 different when compared to unreinforced coating. Control char also ruptured at as low as 4N load. It was deduced that fire insulative wool fibres are effective reinforcement for improved char strength of the FRIC. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland. date: 2013 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84872525376&doi=10.4028%2fwww.scientific.net%2fAMR.626.504&partnerID=40&md5=303b330ef4c35139d7c816d073c96361 id_number: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.626.504 full_text_status: none publication: Advanced Materials Research volume: 626 place_of_pub: Penang pagerange: 504-508 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9783037855713 issn: 10226680 citation: Amir, N. and Ahmad, F. and Megat-Yusoff, P.S.M. (2013) Char strength of wool fibre reinforced epoxy-based intumescent coatings (FRIC). Advanced Materials Research, 626. pp. 504-508. ISSN 10226680