TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Smoke Inhalation A1 - Charlton, Nathan P. A1 - Kirk, Mark A. A2 - Nelson, Lewis S. A2 - Howland, Mary Ann A2 - Lewin, Neal A. A2 - Smith, Silas W. A2 - Goldfrank, Lewis R. A2 - Hoffman, Robert S. PY - 2019 T2 - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e AB - Smoke is generated as the result of thermal degradation of a material; it is a complex mixture of heated air containing suspended solid and liquid particles (aerosols), gases, and vapors. Particulates and aerosols typically make these thermal degradation products visible to the naked eye, resulting in the black, acrid substance so often thought of as “smoke”; however, thermal decomposition of common materials also results in the generation of gaseous substances that are invisible to the naked eye. The complex and ever-growing variety of materials used in our environment contributes to the broad spectrum of products present in typical smoke.32,159 The chemical composition of the parent materials, oxygen availability, and temperature at the time of decomposition all help determine the combustion products found in smoke (Table 120–1).118,127 As a result of these variabilities, specific thermal degradation products resulting from a fire are difficult to predict; in fact, even the composition of smoke is quite variable within the same fire environment.127 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163016802 ER -