- Author
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Braun, E.
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Levin, B. C.
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Paabo, M.
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Gurman, J. L.
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Clark, H. M.
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Yoklavich, M. F.
- Title
- Large-Scale Compartment Fire Toxicity Study: Comparison With Small-Scale Toxicity Test Results.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Behtesda, MD
- Report
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NBSIR 88-3764
July 1988
83 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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toxicity
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cotton
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fire tests
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large scale fire tests
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polyurethane
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small scale fire tests
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upholstery
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animals
- Abstract
- Ten large-scale single compartment fire tests were performed using two polyurethane foams and a cotton upholstery fabric. Animals were exposed to the products of decomposition of cushion assemblies burned under three different combustion modes: 1) smoldering combustion initiated by a cigarette; 2) flaming combustion initiated by a small natural gas diffusion burner; 3) smoldering-to-flaming transition combustion initiated by a cigarette and forced into flaming combustion after a prolonged period of smoldering by a small natural gas diffusion burner.