Report of Investigations 9367: Hydrogen Cyanide and Smoke Particle Characteristics During Combustion of Polyurethane Foams and Other Nitrogen-Containing Materials

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• Journal Article:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9367
• Personal Author:
  De Rosa, Maria I. ; Litton, Charles D.
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines performed experiments to determine the hydrogen cyanide (HCN) concentrations and smoke particle characteristics during the combustion of flexible polyurethane foams and other nitrogen-containing materials for the development of a test parameter. The experiments were conducted in an approximately 20-L furnace at set furnace temperatures 250 and 1,000C for a 14-min duration, with an airflow through the furnace of 10 L/min. The variables studied as a function of time were the gaseous and aerosol HCN concentrations, the smoke particle average diameter d(sub g) and concentration n(sub o), and the product of the smoke particle diameter and concentration d(sub g)n(sub o). Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and oxygen concentrations, sample mass weight loss, and furnace temperatures were also studied; analyses of nitrogen and cyanate content of the material were carried out. Results show that d(sub g)n(sub o) correlates directly with the HCN concentrations, which depend on the nitrogen and cyanate contents of the material. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Air Pollution, Indoor Cyanides Hazardous Substances Mining Nitrogen Compounds Occupational Health Plastics Safety Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Fire-tests; Plastics; Nitrogen-organic-compounds; Thermal-degradation; Materials-tests; Smoke; Polyurethane-resins; Experimental-design; Textiles; Particle-size; Toxicity; Hydrogen-cyanide; Mine-fires; Indoor-air-pollution; Air-pollution-sampling; Aerosols; Combustion-products
• Source:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9367, 1991 Jan; :1-15
• 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:
  21 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10009160
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-230284
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3872541f754014bb093d98df8f38afef254112977ed0d72492fb4f50b56fad962b09c5f7e15ae4559d34f9d87933b08b9de061d3e7adbefc379824a5388e0265
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10156/cdc_10156_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.09 MB ]