Pitts, W.
(1994),
Engineering Algorithm for the Estimation of Carbon Monoxide Generation in Enclosure Fires (NISTIR 5499), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5499
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Engineering Algorithm for the Estimation of Carbon Monoxide Generation in Enclosure Fires (NISTIR 5499)
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Roughly two thirds of all deaths resulting from enclosure fires can be attributed to the presence of carbon monoxide (CO) which is the dominant toxicant in fire deaths. A long-term program (Carbon Monoxide production and Prediction Project) at the Building and Fire Research Laboratory is seeking to develop an understanding of and predictive capability for the generation of CO in enclosure fires.Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5499
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5499
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fire research, carbon monoxide, generation, enclosures, algorithms
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Created September 1, 1994, Updated November 10, 2018