Can polystyrene foam color steel plate be used as decorative fireproofing material ?
Polystyrene foam plastic can not be used as fireproofing material; polystyrene foam plastic is made up of polystyrene resin as main component, foaming?agent and other additives. It is a buffer material which is most widely used[1]. It is closed hole structure, so it has low water-absorbing quality and excellent water resistance; low density, about 0.015 ~0.03; good mechanical strength, excellent buffer?performance; good machinability, easy to be moulded; good dyeing property, thermal adaptability and anti-radiation; high dimensional accuracy, uniform structure. Therefore, it has a large share in external wall thermal insulation. But it will emit polluted styrene gas when burning. It is a kind of class B material in construction.
No, only non-combustible product can prevent fire. Most polystyrene foam boards are flammable which cannot prevent fire. Polyphenyl can only retard flame, highest fire?retardant fire?rating being B1 level. Under the same conditions, fireproof performance of polystyrene foam board will be better because most extruded sheets are made by recycling materials and contain much more impurities which will affect flame resisting property. The second reason is that high temperature in extruded sheet manufacturing technique will decompose part of flame retardants. For B1 level extruded sheet, it is difficult to reach 30 burning oxygen index, while for B2 level, it is hard to reach 32. So polyphenyl board is safer.
As far as I am concerned, polystyrene foam color steel plate cannot be used as decorative fireproofing material. Because polystyrene flame retardant and non-flame retardant of the points, from the fire retardant is generally self-extinguishing. Polystyrene is the polymer synthesized by styrene?monomer through free radicals polycondensation reaction. It is a transparent thermoplastic?plastic. With above 100 ℃ glass transfering temperature,it is often used to make a variety of disposable container and disposable foam lunch box which have to withstand the boiling water temperature.
