Persistent free radicals in the smoke of common household materials: biological and clinical implications

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 45; no. 1; p. 127
• Main Authors: Lachocki, T M, Church, D F, Pryor, W A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.02.1988
• Subjects: Cellulose; Free Radicals; Polyethylenes; Rubber; Smoke - analysis

We have detected free radicals in the gas-phase smoke resulting from the combustion of several household materials. Materials were pyrolyzed by rapid heating in a quartz ignition tube in a flowing air stream. The filtered smoke was bubbled into a dodecane solution of alpha-phenyl-N-t-butylnitrone (P...