Air monitoring provides the following contaminant concentrations at the approximate center of a fire scene in which acres of automobile tires are burning: Carbon monoxide - 1700 ppm; Carbon dioxide - 7000 ppm; and Sulfur dioxide - 600 ppm.
Ignoring synergistic effects between these gases, which individual concentrations are considered life-threatening to the EH&S or FS professional responding to the scene?
What combustion products are produced when materials made from polyacrylonitrile smolder and burn?
What combination of properties is responsible for the selection of trinitrotoluene as a military explosive?