2.7 - Fire Retardant Treatment
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Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of fire retardant treatment?
💡 Hint: Think about fire risk and timber.
Name a common fire retardant chemical.
💡 Hint: It has 'ammonium' in it!
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What is the main function of fire retardant treatment?
💡 Hint: Focus on what fire treatments are meant to prevent.
True or False: Intumescent coatings are used solely for indoor applications.
💡 Hint: Think about their functionality.
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Design a small experiment to test the effectiveness of different fire retardant treatments on timber samples. Discuss which methods you would include and why.
💡 Hint: Consider how you can objectively measure the effectiveness of each treatment.
Evaluate the environmental impact of using ammonium phosphate as a fire retardant versus using intumescent coatings. Which one is more sustainable and why?
💡 Hint: Think about how each interacts with nature after application.
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