Fire and polymers : hazards identification and prevention : developed from a symposium sponsored by the Macromolecular Secretariat at the 197th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas, April 9-14, 1989 /
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Washington, DC :
American Chemical Society,
1990.
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| Series: | ACS symposium series ;
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Table of Contents:
- Toxic potency of fire smoke : measurement and use / Barbara C. Levin and Richard G. Gann
- Toxicity of smoke containing hydrogen chloride / Gordon E. Hartzell, Arthur F. Grand, and Walter G. Switzer
- Role of hydrogen cyanide in human deaths in fire / Y. Alarie, R. Memon, and F. Esposito
- Chemical analysis of fire effluents / B. Lundgren and G. Stridh
- Toxicity of particulate matter associated with combustion processes / R.F. Henderson
- Toxic hazard and fire science / Howard W. Emmons
- Historical aspects of polymer fire retardance / Raymond R. Hindersinn
- Prospective approaches to more efficient flame-retardant systems / Edward D. Weil, Ralph H. Hansen, and N. Patel
- Ternary reactions among polymer substrates, organohalogens, and metal oxides in the condensed phase under pyrolytic conditions / M.J. Drews, C.W. Jarvis, and G.C. Lickfield
- A novel system for the application of bromine in flame-retarding polymers / Menachem Lewin, Hilda Guttmann, and Nader Sarsour
- Flame-retardant latices for nonwoven products / P.A. Mango and M.E. Yannich
- Zinc borate as a flame retardant, smoke suppressant, and afterglow suppressant in polymers / Kelvin K. Shen and T. Scott Griffin
- The design of flame retardants / Charles A. Wilkie
- Inorganic tin compounds as flame, smoke, and carbon monoxide suppressants for synthetic polymers / P.A. Cusack and A.J. Killmeyer
- Mechanism of thermal degradation of fire-retardant melamine salts / L. Costa, G. Camino, and M.P. Luda di Cortemiglia
- Fire resistance in advanced engineering thermoplastics / Giuliana C. Tesoro
- Brominated phosphate ester flame retardants for engineering thermoplastics / Joseph Green
- Polymers with improved flammability characteristics / W.T. Whang and E.M. Pearce
- Char formation in aromatic engineering polymers / A. Factor
- Effects of coatings on the fire performance of plastics / Gordon L. Nelson
- Synergistic fire performance between a zinc coating and a modified poly(phenylene oxide) substrate / Gordon L. Nelson and Eddie K. Chan
- Effect of crystallinity and additives on the thermal degradation of cellulose / Tor P. Schultz, Gary D. McGinnis, and Darrel D. Nicholas
- Influences of oxygen chemisorption and of metal ions in ignition and combustion of wood / G.N. Richards and F.-Y. Hshieh
- Rate of isothermal heat evolution of lignocellulosic sheet materials in an air stream / Ernst L. Back and Frans Johanson
- Heat release from wood wall assemblies using oxygen consumption method / Hao C. Tran and Robert H. White
- Self-heating of lignocellulosic materials / Hans Kubler
- Use of highly stabilized high-expansion foams in fighting forest fires / Connie M. Hendrickson
- General principles of fire hazard and the role of smoke toxicity / Marcelo M. Hirschler
- Harmonization of fire testing in the European Community / Umberto Flisi
- British regulations for upholstered furniture : combustion-modified polyurethane foam / K.T. Paul
- Heat release equipment to measure smoke / Marcelo M. Hirschler
- Flammability characteristics of fiber-reinforced composite materials / D.P. Macaione and A. Tewarson
- Room fires and combustible linings / Björn Karlsson and Sven Erik Magnusson
- Fire hazard in a room due to a fire starting in a plenum : effect of poly(vinyl chloride) wire coating / F. Merrill Galloway and Marcelo M. Hirschler.