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Author
Babrauskas, V.
Title
Quantifying the Combustion Product Hazard On the Basis Of Test Results.
Coporate
Fire Science and Technology Inc., Issaquah, WA
Book or Conf
Hazards of Combustion Products: Toxicity, Opacity, Corrosivity and Heat Release. Proceedings. November 10-11, 2008, Interscience Communications, London, England, London, England, Babruaskas, V.; Gann, R. G.; Grayson, S., Editors, 339-353 p., 2008
Keywords
combustion products | fire hazards | toxicity | corrosivity | heat release | cone calorimeters | hazard analysis | fire tests | pipes | insulation | corner tests | sandwich panels | walls | flashover | toxic hazards | test methods | statistics | lethal concentrations
Identifiers
NIST studies; Fractional Effective Dose (FED); range of LC 50 values found in full-scale room tests at NIST; statistical summary of bench-scale LC50 database compiled by NIST; extensive European study; bench scale tests; gas analysis instrumentation; products tested in the SP test series; results form full-scale and bench-scale testing; best and worst performers for each variable; descriptive statistics for the bench-scale/full-scale LC50 ratio; variations in full-scale performance among the products tested; variation in the LC50 variable in full-scale and in bench-scale