Relative Toxicity of Pyrolysis Products from Upholstery Fabrics with and without Backcoating

1 July 1977

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Coated Fabrics

Vol. 7 (1) , 63-75
https://doi.org/10.1177/009346587700700106

Abstract

Relative toxicity data on over one hundred samples of upholstery fabrics are presented. The effects of fabric type, fabric weight, backcoating weight, and other factors are discussed. The relative toxicity ranking, in order of decreasing toxicity based on time to death, was wool, silk, polyester, leather, cotton, rayon, nylon, and polyolefin. Among the wool fabrics, toxicity seemed to decrease with decreasing wool content. There appeared to be no significant effect of fabric weight, fabric weave, or backcoating.

Keywords

TOXICITY
UPHOLSTERY FABRICS
BACKCOATING
PYROLYSIS
POLYOLEFIN
COTTON
RANKING
LEATHER

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SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IN FIRE VICTIMS
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health ,1972