# Sustainable Fire Protection: Reducing Carbon Footprint with Advanced Coating Technologies
## 2 Materials and Methods
### Laboratory Tests
#### 2.4.2 Analysis of Results  
The laboratory tests show that the samples exhibit integrity and temperature failures at various intervals. Sample MV78236_4 demonstrated the best performance in terms of integrity, while MV78236_6 had the earliest maximum temperature failure. These results are crucial for evaluating the effectiveness of materials under real fire conditions and should be considered in the development of fire protection strategies.  
Second test: the product demonstrated fire resistance, protecting metal specimens for over an hour at nearly 1000 \({}^{\circ}\)C. Tests on a carbon steel sample with a 5000 micron coating showed no thermal penetration, effectively insulating against both direct flame contact and radiative heat transfer. A new formulation, with reduced thickness (3000 microns) and no smoke emissions, was tested at 1000 \({}^{\circ}\)C for four hours. It maintained the integrity of the protected side, with temperatures not exceeding 130 \({}^{\circ}\)C on the unexposed side. This new formula, patent pending, suggests significant potential for fire protection in extreme conditions, highlighting its suitability for installations and escape routes due to its effective insulation and ease of application.  
ANOVA test performed on the data from Table 3.  
1. Since the data are categorized by different measures (integrity, insulation, avg. temp, and max temp), we would perform a separate ANOVA for each measure across all samples.
2. Calculate the mean for each measure: Find the mean values for integrity, insulation, avg. temp, and max temp across all samples.
3. Sum of squares: Calculate the sum of squares between groups (SSB) and within groups (SSW).
4. Calculate mean squares: For each measure, calculate the mean squares for between groups (MSB) and within groups (MSW)  F = MSB/MSW  F-statistic: 0.55 _p_-value: 0.655  
Based on the results, we cannot conclude that there are significant differences between the means of the different measures (integrity, insulation, average temperature, and maximum temperature). This suggests that, within the context of this dataset, the different aspects of fire resistance performance measured (integrity, insulation, average temperature, and maximum temperature) do not vary significantly from one another.  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline
**Sample** & **Integrity (E)** & **Insulation (I)** & **Average** & **Maximum** & **Conclusions** \\  & & & **Temperature** & **Temperature** & **Conclusions** \\ \hline MV78236\_1 & 14 min & 13 min & 13 min & 14 min & \begin{tabular}{c} Average temperature failure at minute 13 \\ and maximum temperature failure at \\ minute 14. No integrity failure. \\ \end{tabular} \\ MV78236\_2 & 17 min & 15 min & 17 min & 15 min & \begin{tabular}{c} Average temperature failure at minute 17 \\ and maximum temperature failure at \\ minute 15. No integrity failure. \\ \end{tabular} \\ MV78236\_3 & 32 min & 28 min & 32 min & 28 min & \begin{tabular}{c} Average temperature failure at minute 32 \\ and maximum temperature failure at \\ minute 28. \\ \end{tabular} \\ MV78236\_4 & 35 min & 23 min & 23 min & 28 min & \
\begin{tabular}{c} Integrity failure at minute 35 and insulation \\ failure at minute 23. \\ \end{tabular} \\ MV78236\_5 & 32 min & 29 min & 29 min & 32 min &
\begin{tabular}{c} Integrity failure at minute 35. \\ \end{tabular} \\ MV78236\_6 & 36 min & - & - & 36 min & Maximum temperature failure at minute 36. \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 3: Summary of results.