- Author
- Gann, R. G. | Braun, E. | Levin, B. C.
- Title
- Relating Bench-Scale and Full-Scale Toxicity Data.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Government Cooperative Program on Natural Resources (UJNR). Fire Research and Safety. 10th Joint Panel Meeting. June 9-10, 1988, Tsukuba, Japan, 50-53 p., 1988
- Keywords
- toxicity | combustion | heat sources | oxygen | smoke | combustion products | test methods
- Abstract
- Over the past two decades, fire scientists have developed a variety of methods to measure the toxic potency of the smokes from burning materials. Each of these methods uses small samples of a single material or a commercial produict. The sample is forced to burn or pyrolyze under set conditions. Rats or mice (generally) are then exposed to the combustion products, collectively or as they are generated.