Fire and Polymers. Hazards Identification and Prevention

Content: 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.