- Author
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Alarie, Y. C.
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Caldwell, D. J.
- Title
- Toxicity of Plastic Combustion Products. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Pittsburgh Univ., PA
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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Final Report
December 10, 1990
109 p.
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB0D1032
- Keywords
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combustion products
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toxicity
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plastics
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animals
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smoke
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polyurethane foams
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experiments
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irradiation
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computer programs
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statistical analysis
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blood
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carboxyhemoglobin
- Identifiers
- Douglas fir; UPitt II; combustion module and cone hood; exposure chamber module; mice
- Abstract
- Preveious small-scale methods to evaluate toxicity of smoke from burning polymers all have the same drawbacks. A) The conditions under which the specimens burn are difficult to define in terms of energy supplied to the specimens and ventilation available for combustion. B) There is very little change permitted in burning conditions due to the restrictions imposed by the apparatus used. C) There is no possibility to maintain continuous flaming conditions for a given specimen for a long period of time such as 30 minutes. Thus, with previous methods, evaluations of the toxicity of the smoke produced is restricted to one set of conditions in each apparatus used.