@article{ref1,
title="Determination of oxygen index levels and thermal analysis of scots pine (pinus sylvestris l.) impregnated with melamine formaldehyde-boron combinations",
journal="Journal of fire sciences",
year="2002",
author="Baysal, Ergun",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="373-389",
abstract="Melamine formaldehyde (MF) resin was impregnated into Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) specimens with aqueous solutions of 5, 10 and 20% concentrations. Boric acid(BA) and borax(BX) was added to MF resin at the concentration levels of 0.25, 1.00 and 4.70% to each level of resin concentrations. A boric acid and BX mixture was prepared at the 5: 1 (w/w) ratio in order to obtain a nearly neutral pH of the solution and better fire resistance. Untreated and treated wood with all combinations were subjected to oxygen index test according to ASTM D 2863-91 and thermal analysis. Results were evaluated in terms of the improvement of fire retarding performances of wood by sole or combination treatments.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0734-9041",
doi="10.1177/0734904102020005485",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734904102020005485"
}