Combustion Toxicology
Publisher: Telford Press, the
Published: March 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780936923413
Subjects: Toxicology; Medical toxicology; Medical; Medical / Nursing
First sentence: Synthetic polymers, because of their chemical composition and the chemistry of additives included in them, have the potential, when burned, to release smoke and gases which are qualitatively different from those commonly produced by such natural polymers as wood, cotton and wool (Cullis et al., 1981; Landrock, 1983).