Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Central Lancashire
Article title
Comparison of toxic product yields from bench-scale to ISO room
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Fire Safety Journal
Article number
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Volume number
44
Issue number
1
First page of article
62
ISSN of journal
03797112
Year of publication
2009
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
This paper conclusively demonstrates the correlation between the toxicant yields from the bench-scale steady state tube furnace with those from large-scale fires. Hitherto, it was believed that the only way to quantify fire effluent toxicity, was to run a full-scale fire test. In effect this meant that the largest cause of death in fire was ignored by manufacturers, regulators and the public, because of the prohibitive cost of such tests. It is cited in both ISO 19700 and also ISO 22903, where much of the data is reproduced. This has implications for global regulation of fire toxicity.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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