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Definitions

• This invention relates to improved high temperature resistant calcium sulphate-based products and, in particular, to calcium sulphate-based products having reduced shrinkage at high temperatures.
• Calcium sulphate-based products are widely used in the construction of buildings, for example, to form internal partitions (using wallboard, also known as dry wall, gypsum board or plaster board) and ceilings or to encase ducts (e.g. ventilation ducts) within buildings.
• wallboard also known as dry wall, gypsum board or plaster board
• encase ducts e.g. ventilation ducts
• Calcium sulphate-based products such as wallboard are typically formed by drying an aqueous slurry of the hemihydrate of calcium sulphate (CaS0 4 .1 ⁇ 2 H 2 0), also known as calcined gypsum or stucco, between two sheets of lining paper or fibreglass matting. As the slurry dries and the calcined gypsum is hydrated, a hard, rigid core of gypsum (calcium sulphate dihydrate - (CaS0 4 .2H 2 0)) sandwiched between the lining sheets/mats is formed.
• CaS0 4 .1 ⁇ 2 H 2 0 also known as calcined gypsum or stucco
• shrinkage (which may be around 2% of the wallboard's/tile's length or width, or around 6% of the wallboard's volume) often causes the wallboards to pull away from their supporting structures. This is obviously undesirable. It can leave ducts exposed to high temperatures. Furthermore, in situations where wallboard is used for internal partitions and a fire breaks out, shrinkage can leaves gaps exposing rooms adjacent to the fire source to the effects of the heat/fire. Gaps also allow ingress of oxygen into the fire source thus fuelling the fire and negating the effects of any fire doors.
• Calcium sulphate-based products are also used to cast metal objects. Calcium sulphate moulds are heated to 700-900°C prior to being filled with molten metal. It is important to control high temperature shrinkage of such calcium sulphate-based moulds to ensure that the moulds do not leak and to ensure that the cast metal products are not warped.
• a preferred aim of the present invention is to provide an improved heat resistant calcium sulphate-based product having reduced shrinkage after heat exposure e.g. when in contact with ducting, during a building fire or during casting of metal products.
• Such an improved heat resistant product may have particular use as wallboard or panels for forming internal partitions in buildings, ceiling tiles, wallboard or panels for encasing ventilation/smoke extraction ducting, joint filler materials for joining wallboard/panels/tiles or for moulds for use in metal product casting.
• the present invention provides a calcium sulphate-based product comprising gypsum and a shrinkage resistance additive wherein the shrinkage resistance additive is melamine polyphosphate or melamine pyrophosphate.
• Melamine polyphosphate is C 3 H 6 N6-(H 3 P0 4 )n where n is greater than 2.
• Melamine pyrophosphate is 0- 3 ⁇ 6 ⁇ 6 ⁇ ( ⁇ 3 ⁇ 0 4 ) ⁇ where n is two.
• MPP melamine polyphosphate
• melamine pyrophosphate in the calcium sulphate based products e.g. the gypsum core of a wallboard reduces shrinkage of the wallboard when the board is exposed to high temperatures.
• MPP/melamine pyrophosphate begins to have an effect around 350°C where it undergoes an endothermic decomposition (to yield phosphoric acid) and thus acts as a heat sink.
• the MPP also acts to increase the temperature at which the transition from the soluble to insoluble calcium sulphate anhydrite occurs thus allowing the product to resist the shrinkage arising from the phase change until higher temperatures (around 800°C) are reached.
• calcium sulphate-based product may include wallboards (with or without liners) (with or without fibrous reinforcement), tiles (e.g. ceiling tiles), duct encasement panels, joint filler materials (e.g. for joining adjacent wallboards/tiles/panels etc.) and moulds for casting metal products.
• the calcium sulphate-based product may be a composite product e.g. it may be a wallboard having a gypsum matrix core (containing the shrinkage resistance additive) sandwiched between two liners (e.g. paper liners or fibreglass matting).
• gypsum is intended to refer predominantly to calcium sulphate dihydrate (CaSO 4 .2H 2 0).
• MPP is used as the shrinkage resistance additive in preferred embodiments. Unlike APP which has been found to accelerate the setting of the hemihydrate (calcined gypsum) to the dihydrate (gypsum) of the gypsum, it has been found that MPP does not cause any acceleration. Acceleration of the setting is undesirable because it restricts the possible addition level and gives the production plant less control over their processes. In fact, MPP has been found to cause a slight retardation of the setting.
• the MPP/melamine pyrophosphate shrinkage resistance additive is included in an amount from 0.1 to 20 wt%, preferably 1 to 10wt%, more preferably 1 to 5 wt% and most preferably 2 to 5 wt%.
• the calcium sulphate-based product does not contain glass fibres.
• the glass fibres are typically used form a mechanical network within the gypsum which helps maintain the structural integrity of the product after exposure to heat.
• the present inventors believe that the inclusion of MPP/melamine pyrophosphate may reduce shrinkage by such an amount that the structural integrity can be maintained without using glass fibres.
• the calcium sulphate-based product may contain additives such as accelerators to off-set the slight retardation of the set time observed for MPP.
• the accelerators may be, for example, freshly ground gypsum having an additive of sugar or surfactant.
• Such accelerators may include Ground Mineral NANSA (GMN), heat resistant accelerator (HRA) and ball milled accelerator (BMA).
• the accelerator may be a chemical additive such as aluminium sulphate, zinc sulphate or potassium sulphate.
• a mixture of accelerators may be used, e.g. GMN in combination with a sulphate accelerator.
• ultrasound may be used to accelerate the setting rate of the slurry, e.g. as described in US2010/0136259.
• the present invention provides a method of forming a calcium sulphate- based product by drying an aqueous slurry comprising calcined gypsum and shrinkage resistance additive wherein the shrinkage resistance additive is melamine polyphosphate or melamine pyrophosphate.
• calcium sulphate-based product may include wallboards (with or without liners) (with or without fibrous reinforcement), tiles (e.g. ceiling tiles), duct encasement panels, joint filler materials (e.g. for joining adjacent wallboards/tiles/panels etc.) and moulds for casting metal products.
• the calcium sulphate-based product may be a composite product e.g. it may be a wallboard having a gypsum matrix core (containing the shrinkage resistance additive) sandwiched between two liners (e.g. paper liners or fibreglass matting).
• the method comprises drying an aqueous slurry comprising calcined gypsum and MPP between two liners (e.g. paper liners or fibreglass matting).
• calcined gypsum is intended to refer predominantly to calcium sulphate hemihydrate (CaS0 4 .2H 2 0) but may also encompass any other calcium sulphate compound having a lower bound water content than calcium sulphate dihydrate (e.g.
• the MPP/melamine pyrophosphate shrinkage resistance additive is included in the slurry in an amount from 0.1 to 20 wt%, preferably 1 to 10wt%, more preferably 1 to 5 wt% and most preferably 2 to 5 wt%.
• the preferred shrinkage resistance additive is MPP. This has been found not to accelerate the setting time of calcined gypsum, unlike APP.
• the calcium sulphate-based product preferably contains no glass fibres.
• the glass fibres are typically used to form a mechanical network within the gypsum which helps maintain the structural integrity of the product after exposure to heat.
• the present inventors believe that the addition of MPP/melamine pyrophosphate reduces high temperature shrinkage to such an extent that the glass fibres are no longer necessary. Therefore, preferably, the method comprises drying an aqueous slurry comprising gypsum and MPP/melamine pyrophosphate in the absence of inorganic (glass) fibres.
• the method may comprise adding glass matting to the slurry prior to drying.
• the slurry is typically dried in a mould.
• the matting may be added by laying it onto the surface of the slurry after some or all of the slurry has been added to the mould or it may be laid in the bottom of the mould before the slurry is added. If the matting is laid in the base of the empty mould or laid on the surface of the slurry of the full mould then the matting will rest at the surface of the gypsum core. If it is added to the mould when only some of the slurry has been added, it will be embedded within the gypsum core.
• the calcium sulphate-based product may contain additives such as accelerators.
• the accelerators may be, for example, freshly ground gypsum having an additive of sugar or surfactant.
• Such accelerators may include Ground Mineral NANSA (GMN), heat resistant accelerator (HRA) and ball milled accelerator (BMA).
• the accelerator may be a chemical additive such as aluminium sulphate, zinc sulphate or potassium sulphate.
• a mixture of accelerators may be used, e.g. GMN in combination with a sulphate accelerator.
• the method comprises drying an aqueous slurry comprising gypsum, MPP/melamine pyrophosphate and accelerator, optionally between two liners as discussed above. Glass matting may also be included (as discussed above) along with the accelerator.
• the present invention provides the use of melamine polyphosphate/melamine pyrophosphate as an additive in a gypsum matrix for reducing shrinkage in a calcium sulphate-based product during heat exposure.
• the MPP/melamine pyrophosphate is used as an additive for reducing shrinkage in a composite wallboard having a gypsum core (containing MPP/melamine pyrophosphate) sandwiched between two liners (e.g. paper liners or fibreglass matting).
• an amount of from 0.1 to 20 wt%, preferably 1 to 10wt%, more preferably 1 to 5 wt% and most preferably 2 to 5 wt% MPP/melamine pyrophosphate is used to reduce shrinkage in the product.
• Figure 1 shows a graph of area shrinkage for the control and MPP samples after heating to 1000°C and subsequent cooling
• Figure 2 shows a graph of linear shrinkage for the control and MPP samples during heating to 1000°C
• Figure 3 shows a graph of linear shrinkage for the control, MPP and melamine pyrophosphate samples during heating to 1000°C
• 1500g of stucco was blended with 0.3wt% (based on the weight of stucco) ground gypsum accelerator.
• 2.5wt% MPP (based on weight of stucco) was dispersed in 1350g of water at 40°C for 10 seconds and then the dry blend was added. This was mixed for 10 seconds in a large Waring blender and the resulting slurry was poured 100 x 50 x 1 1 mm and 200 x 200 x 12.5mm brass moulds to harden. The thumb set was less than 10 minutes. After leaving the samples to hydrate for an hour, they were transferred to an oven at 40°C and left to dry overnight (at least 12 hours).
• 2.5wt% melamine pyrophosphate (based on weight of stucco) was dispersed in 140ml_ of tap water for 5 minutes using an Ultra-Turrax high shear mixer and then 200g of stucco was added. This was mixed by hand for 1 minute and the resulting slurry was formed into 12.5 mm diameter gypsum cylinders. They were transferred to an oven at 40°C and left to dry overnight (at least 12 hours).
• Control sample 1 Numerous visible cracks - some very wide - sample disintegrated

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