Material description

Material ID: OTH05

Material type: Cementitious board with wooden fibres.

Polymer: Cellulose (21%)

Additives (fire retardants, fillers or traces of inorganic elements): Calcium (25%), Silicon (22%), Iron (2%), Aluminium (2%), traces of other elements (<1%)

 

Table 1. Estimated mass concentration of compounds.
CompoundMass Concentration (%)
Cellulose (-)48
Calcium (Ca)25
Silicon (Si)22
Iron (Fe)2
Aluminium (Al)2
Traces of sulfur (S)<1
Traces of potassium (K)<1
Traces of magnesium (Mg)<1
Traces of manganese (Mn)<1
Traces of titanium (Ti)<1

A. Material composition identification

A.1 Attenuated total reflection – Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)

Table 2. FTIR compound identification.
Identified Compounds
Cellulose (-)
Calcium carbonate
Alumina silicate
Calcium silicate
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Figure 1 . FTIR spectra: Absorbance percentage versus wavenumber from the sample.
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Figure 2. FTIR spectra: Absorbance percentage versus wavenumber from the sample and the identified compounds.

A.2 Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF)

Table 2. Inorganic elements and their mass concentration identified with EDXRF.
ElementMass Concentration (%)
Ca25
Si22
Fe2
Al2
S<1
K<1
Mg<1
Mn<1
Ti<1
Sc<1
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Figure 3. EDXRF spectra. Counts vs energy. Identified elements are shown as vertical lines.

B. Thermogravimetric analysis

Table 3. Mass fraction of residue after thermal decomposition.
ConditionFraction of mass residue at 800°C
Non-oxidative (nitrogen)0.78
Oxidative (air)0.79
Table 4. Temperature and amplitude of main peaks in non-oxidative conditions.
Peak IDTemperature peak (°C)Amplitude of peak (°C-1)
Peak 13641.76 x 10-3
Peak 26204.7 x 10-4
Peak 37165.8 x 10-4
Table 5. Temperature and amplitude of main peaks in oxidative conditions.
Peak IDTemperature peak (°C)Amplitude of peak (°C-1)
Peak 13531.98 x 10-3
Peak 24412.9 x 10-4
Peak 36224.2 x 10-4
Peak 47174.6 x 10-4
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Figure 4. Normalised mass (solid line) and derivative of the normalised mass (dashed line) in 150 ml min-1 of nitrogen and a heating rate of 20°C min-1.
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Figure 5. Normalised mass (solid line) and derivative of the normalised mass (dashed line) in 150 ml min-1 of air and a heating rate of 20°C min-1 .