Fire toxicity of commercial products

摘要

@@Over the last 50 years there has been a continuous change in the materials used for construction and contents of buildings and transport with an increasing dependence on synthetic polymers and their composites with different reaction-to-fire properties. Compared with natural materials (wood, wool, cotton, leather, etc.), widely used synthetic polymers such as polyethylene, polyamide, polystyrene and polyurethane burn more quickly, and generate more smoke and toxic effluents particularly in low density, open structures such as fabrics and foams.