- Author
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Babrauskas, V.
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Levin, B. C.
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Gann, R. G.
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Paabo, M.
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Harris, R. H., Jr.
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Peacock, R. D.
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Yusa, S.
- Title
- Toxic Potency Measurement for Fire Hazard Analysis.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
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NIST SP 827
December 1991
119 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20401-0003. Telephone: 202-512-1800. Website: http://www.gpo.gov AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900. Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Book or Conf
- Fire Retardant Chemicals Association. Technical and Marketing Issues Impacting the Fire Safety of Electrical, Electronic and Composite Applications. October 20-23, 1991,
Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc., Lancaster, PA,
Coronado, CA,
151-155 p.,
1991
- Keywords
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fire hazard analysis
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toxicity test methods
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building fires
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computer models
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fire models
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death
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N-gas model
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radiant heating
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smoke toxicity
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radiant panel test method
- Abstract
- A comprehensive methodology has been developed for obtaining and using smoke toxicity data for fire hazard analysis. This description of the methodology comprises: determination that the post-flashover fire is the proper focus of smoke inhalation deaths; criteria for a useful bench-scale toxic potency (LC50) measurement method; a method which meets these criteria, especially validation against real-scale fires; a computational procedure for correcting the results for the CO levels observed in real-scale post-flashover fires; procedures for reducing the usage of animals and broadening the applicability of data by interpreting gas measurement data using the N-Gas Model; and a procedure for identifying whether a product produces smoke within the ordinary range of toxic potency for post-flashover fires.