Report of Investigations 9521: Correlations of Hydrogen Chloride and Hydrogen Cyanide Concentrations Evolved During Combustion of Chlorine- and Nitrogen-Containing Materials

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• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9521
• Personal Author:
  De Rosa, Maria I.
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted a study to determine if correlations exist between the chlorine or nitrogen contents of materials and the hydrogen chloride (HCI) or hydrogen cyanide (HCN) concentrations evolved during the thermal decomposition of these materials. HCI, HCN, and carbon monoxide (CO) were found to be the primary toxic gases evolved during the combustion process. The data indicate that there are significant correlations between the percentage of chlorine or nitrogen contained in the original samples and the HCI or HCN concentrations evolved during the combustion of the materials. These correlations may be used to predict and evaluate a material's toxic hazard during combustion. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Fires Mining Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety
• Keywords:
  Fire-prevention; Particulates; Fire-safety; Combustion-products; Mine-fires; Mineral-industries; Industrial-safety-engineering
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9521, 1994 Apr; :1-14
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10005675
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-147963
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:23fb220569029e107b847f28de32692a645e06adfa0c419f4126b0364027c277af6b0fa74383ee25ad5c53e975482e085015f86c04bfc12e693e09a0c7f7efbe
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10085/cdc_10085_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 939.76 KB ]