Production of flame retardant wood composites by using huntite and hydromagnesite

In this study, it is aimed to provide resistance to fire as seen the biggest obstacle to the wood that until 60-70 years of our lives in the almost forgotten today, even though it is frequently used in every aspect both as building material requirements of wood with furniture that we use in all areas of daily life, decorative items, in front of which is related to the use of the kitchen tools or for decoration. In this study, inorganic Turkish huntite and hydromagnesite mineral was used as an additive flame retardant material during the production of wood composite. Primarily for the production of composite material, the mineral was crushed and ground. Mineralogical structure was determined by XRF, XRD and SEM-EDS devices. Thermal behavior was observed by DTA-TG apparatus. UL-94 test apparatus was used to determine flame retardant properties of the wood composites. In the preparation of the composites, changing of the mineral additive rate was considered. In this way the additive amount dependence of fireproof composite was observed to evaluate the optimum amount of mineral.