{"id":5424,"date":"2019-10-19T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T05:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/203.78.103.22\/~ixlco\/en\/?page_id=5424"},"modified":"2021-08-09T09:52:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T02:52:46","slug":"grenfell-tower-toxic-smoke-from-pir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ixl.co.th\/en\/technical-information\/grenfell-tower-toxic-smoke-from-pir\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenfell Tower, Toxic Smoke from PIR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Grenfell Tower, Toxic Smoke from PIR<\/h1>\n

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Heat or Smoke? What kills people in a fire!<\/h1>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]Speaking Richard Hull, professor of chemistry and fire science at the University of Central Lancashire, told Sky News: \u201cThe outside wall of the building had 150mm of PIR foam (fitted), and once the fire had spread to that every flat would have its own source of PIR foam, which would have produced enough hydrogen cyanide to kill all the people in that flat.\u201d The insulation was made of Polyisocyanurate (PIR), rigid plastic foam sandwiched between two sheets of aluminium foil to create 15cm-thick boards.<\/p>\n

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Although PIR itself is flammable, the aluminium foil is supposed to disperse flames and prevent it catching fire. It was fitted behind the cladding and in front of the old brickwork as part of the refurbishment process. Professor Hull, who co-authored a peer-reviewed study in 2011 which established that PIR was the most toxic six insulation materials added: \u201cIt\u2019s been an accident waiting to happen and unfortunately we\u2019ve got to the stage now where the accident has happened and we\u2019re standing here saying \u2018I told you so\u2019. \u201cIt would have been much better if people had listened to us earlier on when we published the report.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/tToQbTLcTrk” align=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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