Water-based flame retardants do not exist very much, and attention has been paid only to compatibility with solvent systems, but there are also flows of non-halo, non-phosphorous, and non-heavy metals, and water-based flame retardants are attracting attention in the future.

soufa has the property of being soluble in water and is shipped as an aqueous solution or powder type. It is thought that flame retardancy can be given to water-based paint.
When the base material used is wood, it has great potential because it can also provide termite and antiseptic performance, and it has good compatibility with cellulose and its application to wood coatings is good.

Boric acid-based flame retardants have not existed on the market until now, and some are distributed for termite control. However, the boric acid used in these is disodium octaborate tetrahydrate, and its solubility in water is not so high. Therefore, when stabilizing at a high concentration, it is necessary to mix a stabilizer or the like, and it is difficult to handle.

According to a survey report, if the concentration is about 12%, it will be stable at room temperature. On the other hand, soufa can be stably stored at room temperature at 16%, and even at 23% concentration, it is stable without precipitation if there is an environment that can be stored at about 20 ° C.
In the case of 8 boric acid, I have heard that it is actually difficult to keep at 12%.

Since soufa does not create a coating on the surface, it can be applied to wood without impairing the texture of the material.

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Increasing the water temperature will increase the clarity.

Soufa 40% aqueous solution impregnated with copy paper, cardboard and tissue.

The impregnation is easy because it has almost the same texture as water.
After impregnation, it was air dried for one day.

I’ll try to ignite here. The texture is hardened as a whole.

Flame retardancy is quite high because of high concentration aqueous solution.

The tissue is hardened. If the concentration is lowered, the effect will not be so far.
On the contrary, I think that the application by curing may be considered.

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