Reducing Flame-Induced Damages on Walls through Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate in Paint

Abstract

In the field of engineering and architecture, as well as interior design and furniture, wood is an established and conventional material. In the wide array of construction industry, it carries different benefits that makes it as a good candidate as a construction material. The main objective of the study is about reducing flame-induced damages on walls through sodium tetraborate decahydrate in paint. The researcher aimed to know the fire resistance capacity of the ordinary plywood and marine plywood, without and with STD with 3 coats, 4 coats, and 5 coats and its average area of damage with a scale-up computation for the general analysis if the whole structure will be burned. To acquire a reliable output, this research utilized the experimental method, using controlled type experiments of furnace control and three-candle control sample setup. It considered temperature, heat source, samples and designed paint mixture as our independent variable leaving time as the only dependent variable. Based on the test results, the findings showed that there is an average increasing trend of percentage in the time required for the sample to incinerate, and a decreasing trend of percentage in the time required for the sample to burn out from the furnace control sample setup, while there was a decreasing trend in the area of damaged samples in the three-candle control sample setup. Based on the findings, it was concluded that if the whole wall structure will be burned, it clearly shows that applying the STD in paint to the wall structures will definitely increase the needed time for the fire to totally burn the a certain wall, and if the wall structure is being burned in a certain time, it decreases the area damaged created by the fire in the structure because of the applied paint with STD. For further studies, the researcher recommends the checking of effects of STD in paint when subjected to fire such as its toxicity, carbon emission in the environment and green standard parameters; applying STD in paint mixture can also be tested not just in timber walls, but also in other timber structural members; and check what the effects are if the same STD in paint mixture will also be applied in concrete and steel structures.