- Author
- Birky, M. M. | Coats, A. W. | Alderson, S. E. | Brown, J. E. | Paabo, M. | Pitt, B.
- Title
- Measurements and Observations of the Toxicological Hazard of Fire in a Metrorail Interior Mock-Up. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
- Report
- NBSIR 75-966, February 1976, 19 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- University of Utah. Toxicity and Physiology of Combustion Products International Symposium. March 22-26, 1976, Salt Lake City, UT, 1-15 p., 1976
- Keywords
- combustion products | toxicity | blood | carbon dioxide | carbon monoxide | cyanides | hydrogen chloride | hydrogen cyanides | physiology | oxygen | rats
- Abstract
- Oxygen depletion, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen chloride and hydrogen cyanide were selected for measurement and identification in Metrorail fire tests. Male rats exposed to the combustion products were examined for changes in blood chemistry, gross pathology and loss of function. Hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide levels in blood were elevated and functional changes were noted.