LU innovation fund: Sustainable Idea Exploration - Quantifying fire-retardant concentrations in fire-retardant treated wood

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

This project focuses on one of the most basic questions regarding fire-retardant treated wood: ‘How can we measure the concentration of fire retardant in wood specimens?’. This project aims to test whether techniques used for other wood industry quality-control measures can be used to quantify the concentrations and penetration depths of fire retardants in wood-based building materials.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date2023/10/192024/10/31

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Free keywords

  • fire retardants
  • wood
  • sustainability research