A methodology for obtaining and using toxic potency data for fire hazard analysis

✍ Scribed by Vytenis Babrauskas; Richard G. Gann; Barbara C. Levin; Maya Paabo; Richard H. Harris; Richard D. Peacock; Shyuitsu Yusa

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 121 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0379-7112
• DOI: 10.1016/s0379-7112(98)00013-7

✦ Synopsis

A comprehensive methodology has been developed for obtaining and using smoke toxicity data for fire hazard analysis. This description of the methodology comprises (1) determination that the post-flashover fire is the proper focus of smoke inhalation deaths; criteria for a useful bench-scale toxic potency (¸C ) measurement method; (2) a method which meets these criteria, especially validation against real-scale fires; (3) a computational procedure for correcting the results from the bench-scale test for the CO levels observed in real-scale post-flashover fires; (4) procedures for reducing the usage of animals and broadening the applicability of data by interpreting gas measurement data using the N-Gas Model; and (5) a procedure for identifying whether a product produces smoke within the ordinary range of toxic potency for postflashover fires. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.