YELLOW BOOK

Fire protection for structural steel

in buildings
4th Edition

(Volume 2: Part 3 Sprayed Non-Reactive Coatings)

Association for Specialist Fire Protection

Kingsley House, Ganders Business Park, Kingsley, Bordon, Hampshire GU35 9LU, United Kingdom
t: 01420 471 612 www.asfp.org.uk
MONOKOTE MK-6

1. Product description
Gypsum based mixture containing synthetic aggregate
2. Manufacturer
GRACE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
Ajax Avenue Slough, Berkshire SL1 4BH
T: 01753 692929
F: 01753 691623 W: www.gcp-grace.com
3. Availability
Through manufacturers approved applicators
4. Protection technique
Profile to beams, columns and soffits
5. Surface preparation requirements
Remove mill scale and contaminates. For compatible primers refer to manufacturer.
7. Additional mechanical fixing
None required for I beams with depths up to 1000mm, and I columns with flange widths up to 500mm
8. Nominal density
Monokote MK-6S 315 kg/m
Monokote MK6-HY 260 kg/m
9. Thickness range
10 to 84mm
10. Fire resistance range
Up to and including 4 hours
11. Constraints for fire resistance
a) Minimum thickness - 10mm
b) Maximum thickness - 84mm
12. Appearance
Sprayed, textured, light grey, other colours available
13. On site use
For internal applications only
14. Durability
Resistant to vermin, mould growth and minor impact and abrasions
15. Performance in other BS tests
Non-combustible BS 476-6, Class 0 BS 476-7
16. Other applications
a) Thermal insulation
b) Acoustic control

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MONOKOTE MK6

Critical Temperature 620C Critical Temperature 550C

Dry thickness in mm to provide fire Dry thickness in mm to provide fire
Hp/A up resistance (mins) of Hp/A up resistance (mins) of
to to
30 60 90 120 180 240 30 60 90 120 180 240
30 10 10 10 10 12 16 30 10 10 15 15 20 25
50 10 10 10 12 18 25 50 10 10 15 15 21 28
70 10 10 11 15 24 33 70 10 10 15 17 27 37
90 10 10 13 18 29 40 90 10 10 15 20 32 44
110 10 10 15 21 33 46 110 10 11 17 23 37 51
130 10 10 16 23 37 51 130 10 11 19 26 41 56
150 10 10 18 25 41 56 150 10 12 20 29 45 62
170 10 11 19 27 44 60 170 10 13 22 31 49 66
190 10 12 20 29 47 64 190 10 14 23 33 52 71
210 10 12 21 31 49 68 210 10 14 24 34 55 75
230 10 13 23 32 52 71 230 10 15 26 36 57 78
250 10 13 23 34 54 74 250 10 16 27 38 59 81
270 10 14 24 35 56 77 270 10 16 28 39 62 84
290 10 14 25 36 58 79 290 10 17 28 40 64 n/a
310 10 15 26 37 59 82 310 10 17 29 41 66 n/a
Linear interpolation is permissible between values of Linear interpolation is permissible between values of
Hp/A Hp/A

The data provided complies with the principles in Sections 3 and 4 of this Yellow Book

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MONOKOTE Z106

1. Product description
Portland cement based mixture containing synthetic aggregate
2. Manufacturer
GRACE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
Ajax Avenue Slough, Berkshire SL1 4BH
T: 01753 692929
F: 01753 691623 W: www.graceconstruction.com
3. Availability
Grace Construction Products
4. Protection technique
Profile to beams, columns and soffits
5. Application technique
Spray
6. Surface preparation
Remove mill scale and contaminates. For compatible primers refer to manufacturer
7. Additional mechanical fixing
None required
8. Nominal density
360 kg/m3
9. Thickness range
10 to 80mm
10. Fire resistance range
Up to and including 4 hours
11. Constraints for fire resistance
a) Minimum thickness - 10mm
b) Maximum thickness - 65mm
12. Appearance
Sprayed, textured, light grey
13. On site use
For both internal and external applications
14. Durability
Resistant to vermin, mould growth and minor impact and abrasions
15. Performance in other BS fire tests
No data
16. Other applications
a) Thermal insulation
b) Acoustic control

Association for Specialist Fire Protection Vol 2 Part 3: page 56 Fire protection for structural steel in buildings
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MONOKOTE Z106

Critical Temperature 620C Critical Temperature 550C

Dry thickness in mm to provide fire Dry thickness in mm to provide fire
Hp/A up resistance (mins) of Hp/A up resistance (mins) of
to to
30 60 90 120 180 240 30 60 90 120 180 240
30 10 10 10 10 13 17 30 10 10 10 12 17 22
50 10 10 10 12 19 25 50 10 10 12 16 20 31
70 10 10 11 15 23 31 70 10 10 15 17 24 38
90 10 10 13 18 27 36 90 10 12 17 22 33 43
110 10 10 15 20 30 41 110 10 13 19 24 36 47
130 10 10 16 22 33 44 130 10 14 20 26 38 50
150 10 11 17 23 35 47 150 10 15 21 27 40 53
170 10 12 18 24 37 50 170 10 15 22 29 42 55
190 10 12 19 25 39 52 190 10 16 23 30 43 57
210 10 13 20 26 40 54 210 10 16 23 30 45 59
230 10 13 20 27 41 56 230 10 17 24 31 46 60
250 10 13 21 28 43 57 250 10 17 24 32 47 62
270 10 14 21 29 44 59 270 10 17 25 32 48 63
290 10 14 21 29 45 60 290 10 18 25 33 48 64
310 10 14 21 30 45 61 310 10 18 26 33 49 65
Linear interpolation is permissible between values of Linear interpolation is permissible between values of
Hp/A Hp/A

The data provided complies with the principles in Sections 3 and 4 of this Yellow Book

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MONOKOTE Z146

1. Product description
Portland cement based mixture containing synthetic aggregate
2. Manufacturer
GRACE CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS
Ajax Avenue Slough, Berkshire SL1 4BH
T: 01753 692929
F: 01753 691623 W: www.graceconstruction.com
3. Availability
Grace Construction Products approved applicators
4. Protection technique
Profile and box
5. Application technique
Supply and installation by Team One approved contractors
6. Surface preparation
Remove mill scale and contaminates. For compatible primers refer to manufacturer
7. Additional mechanical fixing
None required for profile. Expanded metal lath for box
8. Nominal density
675 kg/m3
9. Thickness range
6 to 46 mm
10. Fire resistance range
Up to and including 4 hours
11. Constraints for fire resistance
a) Minimum thickness - 6 mm
b) Maximum thickness - 46 mm
12. Appearance
Sprayed, textured, light grey
13. On site use
For both internal and external applications
14. Durability
Resistant to vermin, mould growth and minor impact and abrasions
15. Performance in other BS fire tests
No data
16. Other applications
None

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MONOKOTE Z146

Critical Temperature 620C

Dry thickness in mm to provide fire resistance (mins) of
Hp/A up to
30 60 90 120 180 240
30 5 8 10 13 18 24
50 6 9 13 16 22 29
70 7 10 14 18 25 32
90 7 11 15 19 26 34
110 8 12 15 19 27 35
130 8 12 16 20 28 36
150 8 12 16 20 29 37
170 8 12 17 21 29 38
190 8 12 17 21 30 38
210 8 13 17 21 30 38
230 8 13 17 21 30 39
250 8 13 17 22 30 39
270 8 13 17 22 31 39
290 9 13 17 22 31 40
310 9 13 18 22 31 40
Linear interpolation is permissible between values of Hp/A

The data provided complies with the principles in Sections 3 and 4 of this Yellow Book

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