- Author
- Birky, M. M.
- Title
- Combustion Product Analysis From Full Scale Floor Covering Fires.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Journal
- American Chemical Society, Div. of Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Preprints, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1011-1016, 1973
- Keywords
- floor coverings | combustion products | life safety | hazards | smoke | toxic gases | toxicity | corridors | sampling | chemical analysis | smoke measurement
- Abstract
- The extensive use of plastics and other synthetic materials in interior furnishings, including floor coverings, has created a life safety hazard that is attributed to smoke and toxic gases. The reality of this hazard is well demonstrated in the recent nursing home fires and other multiple death fires. Most of these fatalities are attributed to inhalation of smoke and toxic gases.