During combustion there is no reason that the combustion products will be the same as the original feedstock compounds.
If it does produce Phosgene that would be bad since it was used as poison gas during WW1.
Steve Kadar (BS chem).
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> On Jan 9, 2014, at 5:40 AM, Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 1/8/14 7:26 PM, AusTesla wrote:> It is also somewhat derivative.
> > Polycarbonate is made from the following reactions:
> > Acetone + Phenol -> Bisphenol A
> > Bisphenol A + Phosgene -> Polycarbonate
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> > The reason burning it is dangerous is because of the release of toxic
> > Bisphenol A.
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> I don't know that Bisphenol A is am acute toxin, or if it's produced when polycarbonate burns/decomposes.
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> There's concern about long term chronic exposure to Bisphenol A because it's a endocrine disruptor. A real concern because it's so widely used. Your largest exposure is probably from thermal printer paper, as used in store receipts, and other similar applications (no carbon required multipart forms, for instance)
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> But, for the most part, when plastics decompose/breakdown/burn, you're getting more conventional toxic substances: Hydrogen Chloride, for instance, Carbonyl Chloride (phosgene), formaldehyde, etc. I'm not sure where the chlorine would come from in polycarbonate, since the Cl from the Phosgene combines with a sodium in the synthesis reaction to form salt, and burning salt isn't usually considered a big hazard.
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