A propane burner test for passive fire protection (PFP) formulations containing added halloysite, carbon nanotubes and graphene

The burner test was employed to interpret the effects of adding small quantities of three nano-materials: halloysite nanotubes (HNT), multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) and graphene nanoplatelets (GNP), to a standard PFP formulation. It was found that HNT addition resulted in a significant performance improvement, whereas the other nano-materials did not produce an improvement.