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The Medical hazards of flame-suppressant atmospheres / by Douglas R. Knight.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Knight, Douglas R., 1941-
- Series:
- Report (Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory) ; no. 1167.
- Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory report ; no. 1167
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fire extinction.
- Air.
- Combustion--Health aspects.
- Combustion.
- Hazardous substances--Health aspects.
- Hazardous substances.
- Submarine disasters--Health aspects.
- Submarine disasters.
- Submarine medicine.
- Submarine Medicine.
- air (material).
- Medical Subjects:
- Air.
- Submarine Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 18, [2] pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Groton, CT : Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, [1991]
- Summary:
- Flames are a potential hazard to the occupants of sealed chambers. This report describes four modifications of air that will suppress or extinguish flames. They are: (1) SUPPLEMENTATION - the addition of an appropriate foreign gas to air. (2) N2 PRESSURIZATION - the addition of compressed N2 to air. (3) DEPRESSURIZATION - the partial evacuation of air from the chamber. (4) N2 DILUTION - the exchange of N2 for O2. The primary medical hazards of flame- suppressant atmospheres are barotrauma, N2 narcosis, decompression sickness, hypoxia and inhalation toxicity. Experimental evidence supports the use of N2 DILUTION to suppress flames aboard patrolling submarines. One or more of the following adjuncts may enhance the use of N2 DILUTION without impairing human health: Physiological adaptation to hypoxia, addition of CO2 to the atmosphere and N2 PRESSURIZATION.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed October 17, 2012).
- "19 April 1991."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-18).
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Knight, Douglas R. Medical hazards of flame-suppressant atmospheres
- OCLC:
- 227771970
- Access Restriction:
- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.
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