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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TOXICITY OF THE GASES PRODUCED BY VARIOUS MATERIALS WHEN BURNING AND SMOLDERING

NCJ Number
29757
Journal
Archiv fuer kriminologie Volume: 156 Issue: 1-2 Dated: (JULY, AUGUST, 1975) Pages: 15-23
Author(s)
K D Pohl; C Schmidt
Date Published
1975
Length
9 pages
Annotation
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE PRODUCTION AND TOXICITY OF HYDROCYANIC ACID DURING FIRES.
Abstract
HYDROCYANIC ACID CAN BE PRODUCED UNDER CERTAIN THERMAL CONDITIONS BY MATERIALS IN THE AIR. THE EXPERIMENT ESTIMATES THE LEVELS OF HYDROCYANIC ACID IN THE TOTAL TOXICITY OF GASES PRODUCED AND CONCLUDES THAT IT IS UNDERRATED AS A DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE DURING FIRES. --IN GERMAN

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