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Author
Kishitani, K. | Yusa, S.
Title
Research on Evaluation of Relative Toxicities of Combustion Products of Various Materials.
Coporate
Tokyo Univ., Japan
Sponsor
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Report
NBS SP 540,
Distribution
Available from Government Printing Office
Book or Conf
National Bureau of Standards. Fire Research and Safety. 3rd Joint Panel Proceedings Conference of the U.S. Japan Coopertive Program in Natural Resources (UJNR). March 13-17, 1978, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, Sherald, M. A., Editors, 453-484 p., 1979
Keywords
combustion products | toxic gases | animals
Abstract
The toxicities of combustion products of typical materlals are evaluted by animal tests using mice, and the relative degrees of toxicity hazards are quantitatively clarified. The weights of the materials when generating combustion products sufficient to cause collapse of mice under given exposure conditions are obtained according to conditions of combustion. It is shown that the relative degrees of danger from toxicities of combustion products of materials may be expressed by the ratios of their weights.