Flame barrier
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorsMinoo J. Daroga, Robert E. Jones
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Abstract
This invention relates to devices for preventing the spread of flame (i.e., flame barriers). The invention comprises a sheet having a backing bearing a coating of 50 to 70 weight % diorganopolysiloxane gum, 1 to 10 weight % fibrous filler, 20 to 45 weight % hollow glass microspheres, and 1 to 5 parts by weight curing agent per 100 parts by weight of said gum. The sheet (i) is substantially free from components volatilizing below 350.degree.C., and (ii) has a weight of at most 0.6 g/cm.sup.2. Preferably the coating is applied in a multilayer fashion. The present invention is a light-weight, non-intumescing sheet useful as a flame barrier between fuel tanks or engines and passenger or cargo compartments of mass transportation vehicles.
Claims11
A sheet useful as a flame barrier comprising a backing having thereon a coating comprising from 50 to 70% by weight of a cured diorganopolysiloxane gum, from 1 to 10% by weight of a fibrous filler, from 20 to 45% by weight of hollow glass microspheres, and from 1 to 5 parts by weight of a curing agent per 100 parts by weight of said diorganopolysiloxane gum, wherein said sheet is substantially free from components which volatilize below 350.degree. C., and wherein said sheet has a weight of, at most, 0.06 g/cm.sup.2.
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