Toxicity characteristics of commercially manufactured insulation materials for building applications in Taiwan

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1254-1261

  Liang, Han Hsi ^a   Ho, Ming Chin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colorimetric analysis; Fire prevention; Insulation materials; Toxicity characteristics; Toxicity index

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; COLORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; FIRE PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INSULATING MATERIALS; STANDARDS;

FIRE PREVENTION; TOXICITY CHARACTERISTICS; TOXICITY INDEX;

TOXICITY;

EID: 33846852229     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2006.05.051     Document Type: Article

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