Fire It Up!

Overview

Objectives/Goals Since my dad is a firefighter I have an interest and knowledge of fire, so for my science project I wanted to see how damages from fire could be prevented. I thought that if I painted the inside of one wooden box with No-Burn Plus, a second with Latex Paint, leave one alone and then light them each on fire for five minutes, then, the No-Burn Plus will keep the wooden box from getting the most damaged by the fire. Methods/Materials To test my hypothesis I built three wooden boxes and painted the inside of one with Latex Paint and the other with No-Burn Plus. Then, I filled them all with ten pieces of newspaper. Next, I lit one on fire and recorded the temperatures and my observations for five minutes. After five minutes I had an adult put out the fire and I recorded how the box looked. I did this with all three boxes. Results It turned out that the Latex painted box was the most deeply charred and #alligatored# box, which made it the most damaged by the fire. The No-Burn Plus foamed up and prevented deep charring, so it was the least damaged by the fire. Conclusions/Discussion By doing this project I learned that No-Burn Plus does prevent fire damage such as #alligatoring# and deep charring. I hope that this project will show people how much of a difference No-Burn Plus makes, and that they use it to safe guard their house.

Competition history

• CSEF 2006 Materials Science (Junior Division Only) · Entry J1112

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