How long can gypsum board endure fire?
General gypsum plaster board with a thickness of less than 12mm has a fire endurance which is less than half an hour. Scheme One of gypsum board partition system by using 75# series of lightgage steel joist: separation distance of keels keep 600mm in vertical direction. The thickness is greater than 0.5mm; gypsum board: it shoule be the board of double-sided and single-layer with the thickness of 12mm. Fire-resistant gypsum plaster board's fire-resistance limit: 1 hour. Sound insulation index: over 35 rwdb.
Fire endurance refers to the fire-resistent limit of the whole system of light-gauge steel structure coupled with gypsum. It does nor merely refers to gypsum board. Fire endurance of the common gypsum board with the thickness of 9.5mm keeps 1.5 hours. Those gypsum board with the thickness of 12mm has a fire endurance of 3 hours.
General gypsum plaster board with a thickness of less than 12mm has a fire endurance which is less than half an hour. It is clearly stipulated in Clause 2.0.4 of "Specification of Fire-resistance of Decoration?Design in the Interior of Buildings" that "gypsum board, mineral?wool?board and acoustic board whose combustion performance reach at B1 grade installed on steel joists can be used as A-grade incombustible materials. Although the gypsum board is non-combustible material, we need to examine materials' stability in the face of fire and their fire retardant limits besides exmine their fire prevention standards. Fire retardant limit refers to the ability and time that materials can resist fire when encounting fire and taking palce changes.
