• PD 6503-1:1990

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    Toxicity of combustion products General

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-08-1990

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    National foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Definitions and abbreviations
    3 General
    4 Life threat in fire
    5 Chemical nature of fire effluents
    6 Experimental fire studies
    7 Toxicity testing of fire effluents
    8 Hazard analysis/risk assessment
    9 Concluding remarks
    Annexes
    A Bibliography
    B Tenability limits
    Tables
    1 Examples of the yields of fingerprint compounds at
       three stages of fire (flaming combustion)
    2 General classification of fires
    3 Summary of principal laboratory methods
    Figures
    1 General temperature-time curve of fire development in
       rooms
    2 Room fire simulation tests - CO2/CO ratio for steady-
       state burning phase in different test series

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    The purpose of this part of ISO/TR 9122 is to provide an up-to-date review of the philosophies prevailing on the question of the development of tests for assessing toxic hazards in fire. It presents the state of the art in 1987.

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    Committee FSH/16
    Development Note Also numbered as ISO TR 9122-1. Supersedes BS PD6503(1982). (08/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 476-32:1989 Fire tests on building materials and structures Guide to full scale fire tests within buildings
    PD 6686:2006 Guidance on directives, regulations and standards related to prevention of fire and explosion in the process industries
    BS 7990:2003 Tube furnace method for the determination of toxic product yields in fire effluents
    BS 7899-1:1997 Code of practice for assessment of hazard to life and health from fire General guidance
    BS DD180(1989) : 1989 GUIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TOXIC HAZARDS IN FIRE IN BUILDINGS AND TRANSPORT
    BS 7899-2:1999 Code of practice for assessment of hazard to life and health from fire Guidance on methods for the quantification of hazards to life and health and estimation of time to incapacitation and death in fires
    BS PD IEC 62239 : 2001 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANAGEMENT PLANS
    IEC PAS 62239:2001 Electronic component management plans
    BS ISO TR 9122-5:1993 Toxicity testing of fire effluents Prediction of toxic effects of fire effluents
    BS ISO TR 9122-2:1990 Toxicity testing of fire effluents Guidelines for biological assays to determine the acute inhalation toxicity of fire effluents (basic principles, criteria and methodology
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