Smoke component yields from room-scale fire tests
By: Richard G. Gann ... [et al.].
Contributors: Building and Fire Research Laboratory (U.S.)
Series: NIST technical note -- 1453
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Gaithersburg, MD]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Smoke; Toxicity testing; Fire testing; Room fires
Other titles: International study of the sublethal effects of fire smoke on survivability and health, phase IIa
Description: This report presents the methodology for and results from a series of room-scale fire tests to produce data on the yields of toxic products in both pre-flashover and post-flashover fires. The combustibles examined were: a sofa made of upholstered cushions on a steel frame, particleboard bookcases with a laminated finish, polyvinyl chloride sheet, and household electric cable. The objective of the project is to establish a technically sound basis for assessing the accuracy of the bench-scale device(s) that will be generating smoke yield data for fire hazard and risk evaluation.
Notes: "April 2003."

Keywords: fire, fire research, smoke, room fire tests, fire toxicity, smoke toxicity.