- Author
- Alarie, Y. C. | Caldwell, D. J.
- Title
- Toxicity of Plastic Combustion Products. Quarterly Report.
- Coporate
- Pittsburgh Univ., PA
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- Quarterly Report, July 11, 1990, 73 p.
- Contract
- NIST-GRANT-60NANB0D1032
- Keywords
- combustion products | toxicity | plastics | computer programs | animals | mass loss | experiments | heat flux | air flow | smoke | polyurethane foams | large scale fire tests
- Identifiers
- gas concentration; mice; Douglas fir; UPitt II Protocol
- Abstract
- A manuscript detailing the development of the UPitt II system and our results from experiments conducted using Douglas fir specimens without animal exposure was published in the January/February 1990 issue of the Journal of Fire Sciences. Our goals this quarter were: 1) to test the computer program written to collect both animal respiration data and instrument (gas concentration and mass loss) data, 2) to complete the series of animal experiments with Douglas fir, using previously investigated irradiance (heat flux) levels (Q) and selected airflows (V) to determine how the burning conditions influenced the lethal potential of smoke from burning Douglas fir, and 3) to initate work with the rigid polyurethane foam used at NIST in the full scale fire experiments.