The Acute Toxicity of Brief Exposures to Hydrogen Fluoride, Hydrogen Chloride, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Hydrogen Cyanide Singly and in Combination with Carbon Monoxide

Abstract

Experiments indicate that CO concentrations which are not hazardous to life do not enhance the toxicity of four compounds (HCN, NO2, HF, HCl) as tested. In addition, the times to death for animals from both the singly exposed and the CO joint action exposures are comparable. This precludes the possibility that, although not resulting in greater mortalities at a given concentration, the addition of CO increases the hazard by decreasing the time to death.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0751442

Entities

People

  • H. V. Davis
  • L. C. Dipasquale

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Cabins
  • Aircraft Fires
  • Aircrafts
  • Biomedical Research
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Chlorides
  • Combustion
  • Confidence Limits
  • Cyanides
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Gases
  • Hydrogen Cyanide
  • Materials
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology