Testing the fire retardancy of Greek minerals hydromagnesite and huntite on WUI forest species Phillyrea latifolia L.

Liodakis, S; Antonopoulos, I; Agiovlasitis, IP; Kakardakis, T

dc.contributor.author	Liodakis, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Antonopoulos, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Agiovlasitis, IP	en
dc.contributor.author	Kakardakis, T	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:29:18Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:29:18Z
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.identifier.issn	0040-6031	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/19209
dc.subject	Combustion	en
dc.subject	Fire retardancy	en
dc.subject	Flame spread	en
dc.subject	Huntite and hydromagnesite minerals	en
dc.subject	Pyrolysis	en
dc.subject	Thermal analysis	en
dc.subject	Wildland/urban interface (WUI)	en
dc.subject.classification	Chemistry, Analytical	en
dc.subject.classification	Chemistry, Physical	en
dc.subject.other	Combustion	en
dc.subject.other	Flame retardants	en
dc.subject.other	Forestry	en
dc.subject.other	Heating	en
dc.subject.other	Pyrolysis	en
dc.subject.other	Thermoanalysis	en
dc.subject.other	Flame spread	en
dc.subject.other	Hydromagnesite minerals	en
dc.subject.other	Wildland/urban interface (WUI)	en
dc.subject.other	Magnesite	en
dc.subject.other	Combustion	en
dc.subject.other	Forest Fires	en
dc.subject.other	Pyrolysis	en
dc.title	Testing the fire retardancy of Greek minerals hydromagnesite and huntite on WUI forest species Phillyrea latifolia L.	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.tca.2007.12.010	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2007.12.010	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2008	en
heal.abstract	The fire retardancy of pure hydromagnesite and other natural mixtures of hydromagnesite and huntite minerals has been tested using forest species samples of Phillyrea latifolia L., collected from a wildland/urban interface (WUI) zone near Athens. Three different methods were employed for this study. The first was thermal analysis (TG, DTG, SDTA), using samples of few mg, relatively slow heating rate (10 degrees C min(-1)) and atmosphere conditions of: (a) O-2, in order to favor complete combustion, (b) N-2, to isolate pyrolysis and (c) air, in order to approach real combustion conditions. The second was a laboratory-scale method, based on a specially constructed preparative-scale DTA, using samples of few grams, static air atmosphere and low heating rate (0.5 degrees C min(-1)) to favor smoldering combustion. The third was a new flame spread test, using 10-12 g samples formed into a train mold. Some common forest fire retardant media (i.e. DAP, MAP, AS), as well as a widely used commercial forest fire retardant (i.e. Phos-Chek D 75-F) were also studied as means of comparison. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Thermochimica Acta	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.tca.2007.12.010	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000255270400007	en
dc.identifier.volume	469	en
dc.identifier.issue	1-2	en
dc.identifier.spage	43	en
dc.identifier.epage	51	en