PD 6503-2:1988
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29-04-1988
Foreword
Committees responsible
Guide
Section one. Background to small-scale tests
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Statistical information and fires
3 Hazard assessment and the role of test methods
4 General origin and nature of combustion products
5 Characterization of fire atmospheres and
classification of fires
6 Guide for setting up toxicity tests
7 Basic criteria for fire models for toxicological
studies
Section two. Available methods
8 DIN 53436
9 NBS 'Potts Pot' cup
Appendix
A Bibliography
Tables
1 Fires in occupied buildings: UK annual means for 1978
to 1984
2 Decomposition products from some typical polymers
3 Products found in wood and polypropylene fires (40 kg
fire load)
4 Summary of fire classification
5 Fire models
6 Relevance of the DIN 53436 method to the fire types
classified in clause 5
7 Relevance of the NBS 'Potts Pot' cup method to the
fire types classified in clause 5
Figures
1 Hazard and hazard assessment
2 Typical concentrations of carbon monoxide, carbon
dioxide and oxygen in large-scale fires (wood, low
ventilation)
3 CO2/CO ratios plotted against oxygen concentration
for large-scale fires
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