Abstract: Fire retardant coatings for metal structural members are obtained by spraying onto the structural members settable plaster compositions which are air-containing pumpable aqueous slurries of plaster, clay prill aggregate, cellulose and glass fiber reinforcement and foaming agent. The specially prepared clay prill aggregate has a low aspect ratio of near unity and is an acceptable substitute for the exfoliated vermiculite aggregate of prior coating compositions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 9, 1988
Date of Patent:
January 1, 1991
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
Inventors:
Robert J. Bettacchi, Mary Driscoll, Dennis M. Hilton