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Effect of binder on performance of intumescent coatings

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This study investigates the role of the polymeric binder on the properties and performance of an intumescent coating. Waterborne resins of different types (vinylic, acrylic, and styrene-acrylic) were incorporated in an intumescent paint formulation, and characterized extensively in terms of thermal degradation behavior, intumescence thickness, and thermal insulation. Thermal microscopy images of charred foam development provided further information on the particular performance of each type of coating upon heating. The best foam expansion and heat protection results were obtained with the vinyl binders. Rheological measurements showed a complex evolution of the viscoelastic characteristics of the materials with temperature. As an example, the vinyl binders unexpectedly hardened significantly after thermal degradation. The values of storage moduli obtained at the onset of foam blowing (melamine decomposition) were used to explain different intumescence expansion behaviors.

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Acknowledgments

Funding for this work was provided by FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Project PTDC/EQU–EQU/65300/2006), and by FEDER/QREN (project RHED) in the framework of Programa Operacional Factor de Competitividade—COMPETE. Joana Pimenta thanks FCT for PhD Grant SFRH/BDE/33431/2008.

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  1. LEPAE, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    Joana T. Pimenta & Fernão D. Magalhães

  2. CIN - Corporação Industrial do Norte, S.A., Avenida Dom Mendo nº 831, Apartado 1008, 4471-909, Maia, Portugal

    Carlos Gonçalves

  3. Institute for Polymers and Composites/I3N, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058, Guimarães, Portugal

    Loic Hiliou

  4. CIEPQPF, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Polo II, Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-790, Coimbra, Portugal

    Jorge F. J. Coelho

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Pimenta, J.T., Gonçalves, C., Hiliou, L. et al. Effect of binder on performance of intumescent coatings. J Coat Technol Res 13, 227–238 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-015-9737-5

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