- Author
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Powell, E. A.
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Bankston, C. P.
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Cassanova, R. A.
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Zinn, B. T.
- Title
- Effect of Environmental Temperature Upon the Physical Characteristics of the Smoke Produced by Burning Wood and PVC Samples.
- Coporate
- Georgia Institute of Tech., Atlanta
- Journal
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Fire and Materials,
Vol. 3,
No. 1,
15-22,
March 1979
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section. Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion. Fall Meeting, 1977. November 10-11, 1977,
United Technologies Research Center, CT,
East Hartford, CT,
IV-29/1-6 p.,
1979
- Keywords
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toxic gases
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combustion products
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polyvinyl chloride
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smoke
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wood
- Identifiers
- solid particles; liquid particles
- Abstract
- A recent study has shown that the majority of fatalities attributed to fires in buildings are due the toxic effects of the smoke and gases produced by burning materials. In addition to the large number of gaseous components, these combustion products also contain a complex mixture of solid and liquid particles.