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ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Flammability and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen-Enriched Atmospheres: Fifth Volume
By
J Stoltzfus
J Stoltzfus
1
NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility
?
Las Cruces, New Mexico 88004
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K McIlroy
K McIlroy
2
Union Carbide Industrial Gases, Inc.
Linde Division
Tonawanda, New York 14151
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ISBN-10:
0-8031-1461-3
ISBN:
978-0-8031-1461-6
No. of Pages:
588
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1991

The risk of an oxygen enriched airway fire during oropharyngeal surgery with a laser is supposedly minimized by the use of a laser-ignition-resistant endotraoheal tube such as those made by Bivona, Mallinckrodt, Baxter Norton, Sheridan, or Xomed; or Merocel, a tube wrap marketed as laser resistant; or 3M copper, 3M aluminum, or Radio Shack sensing metallic tapes which are commonly used to protect standard tubes. We exposed these devices to CO2, Nd:YAG, and KTP laser energy in various oxygen-nitrogen and oxygen-helium atmospheres. Only the Baxter Norton tube and the 3M copper taped tubes did not burn under any test conditions. Other tubes were ignition resistant under some conditions, and the Sheridan and Xomed tubes burned under most test conditions.

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