Fire-Retardant Wood Polymer Composite to Be Used as Building Materials for South African Formal and Informal Dwellings—A Review

A demand to replace an easily combustible wood with wood–plastic–rubber composite with better thermal performance than wood is at its peak globally. Wood-based composite materials in the form of wood–polymer composite (WPC) have emerged as new materials that can replace wood to produce wood products...

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Main Authors: Tebogo Maake, Joseph K. O. Asante, Washington Mhike, Bonex Mwakikunga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
Series:Fire
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/2/81