Fire-resistant construction material
AssigneeChampion International Corporation
InventorsSeymour Hartman, Catherine M. Sheridan
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Abstract
A fire-resistant construction material is disclosed. This construction material is composed of an incombustible component, ordinarily including flame-retardant and intumescent agents, intimately dispersed and fixed into a rigid panel by a binder of melamine formaldehyde resin.
Claims10
A method for producing a fire-resistant construction material comprising preparing an essentially anhydrous, powdered and homogenously admixed blend comprising at least one incombustible component and from about 30 to 70% by total weight of melamine formaldehyde resin and applying sufficient heat and pressure to cure said resin and transform said blend into a rigid, continuously adherent network having a predetermined construction material configuration.
A fire-resistant construction panel formed of an anhydrous homogeneously admixed blend of at least one incombustible component bound and cured with melamine formaldehyde resin present in an amount from about 30% to about 70% by total weight of the blend.
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