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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2007
Applicant:
Hubert C. Francis, Lithonia, GA (US);
Inventor:
Hubert C. Francis, Lithonia, GA (US);
Assignee:
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention describes a fire resistant building material composition, useful for example as a fire door core and to a method of making this composition. The building material of the present invention is prepared from an aqueous mixture of predominately expanded perlite, a small amount of a binder component consisting essentially of calcined gypsum and an organic binder, and optionally a fibrous reinforcement.