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A Study on Thermal Characteristics on Polymeric Floorings  

Lee, Nae-Woo (Division of Safety Engineering Pukyong National University)
Kim, Nam-Seok (Division of Safety Engineering Pukyong National University)
Moon, Byoung-Soo (Graduate School of Pukyong National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.21, no.6, 2006 , pp. 38-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
Polymeric floorings mainly consisted of PVC are easily decomposed by many kinds of hot environmental factors, then generate hazardous asphyxiate gases and/or toxic gases etc. Therefore the mechanism of decomposition and quantitative toxic indices of products are very important for preventing safety and health disasters, especially in case of confined area. So we have investigated decomposition kinetics, numbers of process involved, toxicity indices of product and so on, using DSC, TGA, FT-IR and Pyrolyzer-GC/MS. The thermal decomposition process of polymeric floorings can be mainly divided by dehydrochlorinated reaction and polyene decomposition step, and activation energies of those are approximately $53.93{\sim}62.42kcal/mol$. Especially lethal concentration($LC_{50}$), fractional effective dose (FED) are calculated by measuring the amount of decomposition product. The values on $LC_{50}$ of sample G are ranged $2,003{\sim}2,019(mg/m^{3})$ in case of sample K and H are $1,877,\;1,998(g/m^{3})$ respectively. Even if the results are estimated by calculation method without animal test and/or clinical demonstration, these values could be very useful data for occupational health, hygiene and safety control.
Keywords
polymeric floorings; thermal decomposition; toxicity; FED; $LC_{50}$; activation energy;
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