Inhalation Toxicology: I. Design of a Small-Animal Test System; [and, Inhalation Toxicology:] II. Determination of the Relative Toxic Hazards of 75 Aircraft Cabin Materials

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• Creators:
  Crane, Charles R. ; Sanders, Donald C. ; Endecott, Boyd R. ; Abbott, John K. ; Smith, Paul W.
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aeromedical Institute
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air transportation crashes
  • Smoke
  • Aircraft cabins
  • Aircraft materials
  • Poisons
  • Polymers
  • Combustion deposits
  • Gas analysis
  • Thermal degradation
  • Toxicology
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FAA-AM-77-9 ; DOT/FAA/AM-77/9
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  OAM report.
• Description:
  In an effort to further the cause of increased safety for those who ride in commercial aircraft, this paper presents a detailed description of the genesis of a small-scale, laboratory test system that utilizes small animals to evaluate the relative toxic hazard of combustion products generated by the thermal decomposition of nonmetallic materials. It includes:
  
  1. a discussion of the concepts that led to the design;
  
  2. detailed instructions for fabricating the system;
  
  3. operating parameters and instructions for conducting a test;
  
  4. an evaluation of the system's performance as determined by the testing of 75 aircraft cabin materials;
  
  5. the utilization of animal response time as a basis for expressing relative toxicity;
  
  6. and a discussion of the derivation of an inhalation dose concept that promises to be more useful than lethal concentrations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21102/dot_21102_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.96 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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