Combined lethal effect of temperature, CO, CO[2] and O[2] of simulated fire gases

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001750
Author	Search for: Tsuchiya, Y.¹; Search for: Sumi, K.
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada
Format	Text, Article
Subject	Combustion; fire hazards; gaseous effluents; toxicity; high degree; combustion fumes
Abstract	Animal experiments have been used by Pryor et al in investigating the hazard connected with combinations of toxic gases (CO and CO[2]), oxygen depletion, and high temperature that may occur at fires. They report finding a synergistic effect with some combinations. The authors of the present paper have examined their data in the light of statistical techniques whereby synergistic or antagonistic effects are detected as interaction of factors and have found that the effect of combinations of factors is generally additive. Some of the data involving combinations of O[2] and CO, O[2] and temperature, CO and temperature, and CO[2] and temperature indicated possible synergism. Variance analysis showed that the effect of interactions of pairs of factors was minor in comparison with that of the main factors.
Publication date	1973-05-01
Publisher	National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research
Series	Research Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-RP-563 (1 May 1973).
Note	Reprinted from: Journal of Fire and Flammability, v. 4, April 1973, p. 132-140. ISSN: 0022-1104
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 13265 NRC-IRC-3885
NPARC number	20375740
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