impregnation of wood by fire-retardant chemicals to increase its fire resistance by (1) retarding the normal increase in temperature under fire conditions, (2) decreasing the rate of flame spread, (3) lessening the rate of flame penetration, and (4) making fires more easy to extinguish.
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FIRE RETARDANT TREATMENT
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