How to distinguish the fire resistant level of the rubber and plastic thermal insulation material?
Level A of non-combustible insulation materials are: W W inorganic active wall insulation materials, cement foam insulation board, glass beads of insulation mortar, rock wool board, glass wool board and foam ceramics, ect. Th e level A is non-combustible material, characterized with low density, low thermal conductivity, high bearing capacity, convenient construction, economy and durablity, and widely used as the thermal insulation materials in hot pipes, thermal equipment and other pipe-line equipment and industrial architectures, and as the thermal insulation, heat insulation and sound-absorbing materials in industrial and civil building envelope. Because of its good thermal stability, it is more used as fire-resistant protective coating material of steel structure.
It is divided into level A, B1, B2 and B3. According to the current "burning behavior of building materials classification method", Level A insulation material is a non-combustible material, which belongs to YT. However, from the point of view of the current market , level A insulation material are very few, only glass wool, rock wool board, foam glass and vitrified micro bead. However, compared with level A insulation material, the more welcomed by the market is the organic insulation material. This is characterized as thermal insulation material, which is divided into three levels: level B1 is flame retardant, level B2 is flammable and level B3 is flammable. The level B1 nonflammable thermal insulation material is determined according to the fire endurance of the material. And different parts of the material are divided differently! Such as the common EPS / XPS insulation boards through special treatment of adding flame retardant. . Level B2 combustible insulation material is commonly the EPS expanded polystyrene foam insulation board and XPS board, that is, the ordinary plate. This material has low ignition point, and releases large amounts of harmful gases in the combustion process . Level B3 flammable insulation material is commonly the thermal insulation material taking polystyrene foam as the main material. Since this material is highly flammable, it has been out of the external wall thermal insulation materials. As for the civil construction insulation materials, China's current popular building insulation materials in the market are mainly made of three organic foams: EPS (molded polystyrene board), XPS (extruded polystyrene board) and PU (polyurethane).
Fire?rating grading of external wall thermal insulation materials. 1, China's national standard GB8624-97 divides the combustion performance of building materials external insulation materials into the following grades. Level A: Incombustible materials: Almost no burning materials. Level B1: Incombustible materials: Flame-like material has good fire-retardant effect. In case of fire in the air or at high temperature, it is difficult to fire and doesn't spread quickly, and when the fire source is removed after combustion, it stops immediately. Level B2: Incombustible materials: Combustible materials have a certain flame resistance. In case of fire in the air or at high temperature, it will immediately burst into flames, and easily leads to the spread of fire, such as poles, wooden frame, wooden beams and wooden stairs,ect. Level B3 : Incombustible materials: No flame-retardant effect, hidhly flammable and high fire risk. 2, The external wall thermal insulation materials could be divided according to the fire?rating. 1) thermal insulation material that has the level A combustion performance: Spraying inorganic fiber, glass wool, foam glass, ceramic foam, rock wool, foam cement and perlite obturator, and so on. 2), The thermal insulation material that has level B1 combustion performance: Special processed extruded polystyrene board (XPS) / special processed polyurethane (PU), phenolic and polystyrene powder. 3), Thermal insulation materials that have level B2 combustion performance: Molded polystyrene board (EPS), extruded polystyrene board (XPS), polyurethane (PU), polyethylene (PE), etc.
