Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2021 Dec 13;13(24):4352.
doi: 10.3390/polym13244352.

Fire Behavior of Wood-Based Composite Materials

Juliana Sally Renner  1 , Rhoda Afriyie Mensah  2 , Lin Jiang  1 , Qiang Xu  1 , Oisik Das  2 , Filippo Berto  3
Affiliations
Review

Fire Behavior of Wood-Based Composite Materials

Juliana Sally Renner et al. Polymers (Basel). .

Abstract

Wood-based composites such as wood plastic composites (WPC) are emerging as a sustainable and excellent performance materials consisting of wood reinforced with polymer matrix with a variety of applications in construction industries. In this context, wood-based composite materials used in construction industries have witnessed a vigorous growth, leading to a great production activity. However, the main setbacks are their high flammability during fires. To address this issue, flame retardants are utilized to improve the performance of fire properties as well as the flame retardancy of WPC material. In this review, flame retardants employed during manufacturing process with their mechanical properties designed to achieve an enhanced flame retardancy were examined. The addition of flame retardants and manufacturing techniques applied were found to be an optimum condition to improve fire resistance and mechanical properties. The review focuses on the manufacturing techniques, applications, mechanical properties and flammability studies of wood fiber/flour polymer/plastics composites materials. Various flame retardant of WPCs and summary of future prospects were also highlighted.

Keywords: flame retardants; flammability properties; mechanical properties; wood plastic composites; wood-based composites.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Basic wood elements for wood composites [18], (a) Logs, (b) Wood fiber, (c) Wood Flakes, (d) Wood chips, (e) Wood powder, (f) Wood swiths.
Figure 1
Figure 1
Basic wood elements for wood composites [18], (a) Logs, (b) Wood fiber, (c) Wood Flakes, (d) Wood chips, (e) Wood powder, (f) Wood swiths.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Reaction mechanism process in thermal decomposition of a polymer composites [141].
Figure 3
Figure 3
Intumescent flame retardant mechanism (reprint from [162]).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Goldhahn C., Cabane E., Chanana M. Sustainability in wood materials science: An opinion about current material development techniques and the end of lifetime perspectives. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 2021;379:20200339. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0339. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Trouy M.C., Triboulot P. Materiau bois: Structure et caractéristiques. Technol. L’ingénieur Constr. Bois. 2019;253:11–18. doi: 10.51257/a-v4-c925. - DOI
    1. Hadi Y.S., Hermawan D., Sulastiningsih I.M., Basri E., Pari G., Pari R., Abdillah I.B. Color Change and Physical-Mechanical Properties of Polystyrene-Impregnated Glulam from Three Tropical Fast-Growing Wood Species. Forests. 2021;12:1420. doi: 10.3390/f12101420. - DOI
    1. Mariana M., Alfatah T., Khalil A.H.P.S., Yahya E.B., Olaiya N., Nuryawan A., Mistar E., Abdullah C., Abdulmadjid S., Ismail H., et al. A current advancement on the role of lignin as sustainable reinforcement material in biopolymeric blends. J. Mater. Res. Technol. 2021;15:2287–2316. doi: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.08.139. - DOI
    1. Padinjakkara A., Thankappan A., Souza F.G. Jr., Thomas S., editors. Biopolymers and Biomaterials. CRC Press; Boca Raton, FL, USA: 2018.

LinkOut - more resources