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Author
British Standards Institution
Title
Toxicity of Combustion Products. Part 2. Guide to the Relevance of Small-Scale Tests for Measuring the Toxicity of Combustion Products of Materials and Composites.
Coporate
British Standards Inst., London, England
Report
BSI PD 6503:Part 2:1988
1988
20 p.
Keywords
combustion products | toxicity | small scale fire tests | composite materials | hazard assessment | test methods | fire models | decomposition products | wood | oxygen concentration
Identifiers
statistical information and fires; general origin and nature of combustion products; characterization of fire atmospheres and classification of fires; guide for setting up toxicity tests; basic criteria for fire models for toxicological studies; DIN 53436; NBS 'Potts Pot' cup; fires in occupied buildings: UK annual means for 1978 to 1984; decomposition products from typical polymers; products found in wood and polypropylene fires (40 kg fire load); relevance of the DIN 53436 method to the fire types classified in clause 5; relevance of the NBS 'Potts Pot' cup method to the fire types classified in clause 5; typical concentrations of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and oxygen in large scale fires (wood, low ventilation); CO₂/CO ratios plotted against oxygen concentration for large-scale fires