Fire resistant compositions

Abstract

A method is described for protection against fire with coating and paint compositions for houses, polymer constructions, industrial installations, and transport vehicles, in which polymeric products produced by processing polystyrene and copolymers to macroreticular structure are introduced with the incorporation of ionic groups at high density, thus acquiring the potential to very strongly absorb water up to 400 times weight endomolecularly. They can be used in paint and general coating compositions as a first surface coating or can be in aqueous paint emulsions as a main coating. Inorganic materials such as lime, gypsum, silicones etc. can also be added. The products in the coating compositions when burned or decomposed in a fire edge release much water and quenches the fire immediately offering complete protection against fire.

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