Bench- and full-scale toxicity tests of FRP furniture

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Auteur	Rechercher : Kim, Andrew¹; Rechercher : Tsuchiya, Yoshio¹
Affiliation	Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Institut de recherche en construction du CNRC
Format	Texte, Article
Conférence	9th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Panel on Fire Research and Safety, May 4, 1987, Norwood, Massachusetts, United States
Sujet	Plastiques alvéolaires (mousse plastique); Polymères renforcé de fibres (PRF); Combustion
Résumé	Dormitory-type buildings, such as university residences or penal institutions, are compartmentalized to minimize fire spread from one room to another. A severe fire, however, will still spread smoke and toxic gases to other parts of the building, posing danger to the residents. The severity of the fire and the production and spread of the smoke and toxic gases depends on the contents of the room, interior lining materials, and ventilation. In many dormitories the rooms contain simple furnishings, often made from fire-retardant materials. Bench-scale tests and full-scale tests were conducted at the Fire Research Section, Institute for Research in Construction, National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) to study the toxicity of fire gases produced by three types of fibreglass reinforced plastic (FRP) furnishings. The first part of the tests consisted of pyrolyzing a milligram quantity of the specimens and, using a gas chromatograph/ mass spectrometer with a pyrolysis unit ( Pyrolysis/GC/MS) , the pyrolysis products were identified and semi quantified. Then a gram quantity of the specimen was burned in a horizontal quartz tube, the combustion products were collected by scrubbing with water, and the water soluble components of the combustible gases were analyzed by ion chromatography (IC). In the second part of the investigations, full-scale room burn tests were carried out using the room-burn facility at the National Fire Laboratory, NRCC. Prior to the burns, preliminary tests were conducted to determine the type and severity of a fire involving combustible materials normally found in a dormitory room. That fire was then simulated using a gas burner with a nominal 300 mm x 300 mm porous top surface (propane sand burner) . Finally, the FRP furnishings made from the three different types of fire-retardant material were burned in the test room, using the simulated fire as ignition source.
Date de publication	1988
Maison d’édition	National Bureau of Standards. Center for Fire Research
Dans	Proceedings of the 9th Joint Panel Meeting of the UJNR Panel on Fire Research and Safety: 4 May 1987, Norwood, Massachusetts, USA NBSIR 88-3753 (1988) : 428–442.
Note	Prepared for presentation before 6th Canada-Japan-USA Trilateral Cooperative Study on Fire Gas Toxicity
Langue	anglais
Publications évaluées par des pairs	Oui
Identificateur	IRC-P-2089
Numéro du CNRC	NRCC 35056 NRC-IRC-4026
Numéro NPARC	20328500
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