SURVEY OF CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF FLAME EXTINGUISHMENT

Abstract

A survey was made of literature appearing since the beginning of 1959 on the chemical aspects of fire extinguishment. Halogenated hydrocarbons and powdered salts received most attention as chemical fire extinguishing agents. Current hypotheses on the mode of action of these agents are discussed, along with the evidence supporting them. Most of this evidence is indirect and the chemical mechanisms proposed, though reasonably consistent with the evidence, are not well established. Several references to recent work on uninhibited flames are included, since an understanding of them must precede an understanding of inhibition mechanisms. There is a bibliography of 96 references. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0272122

Entities

People

  • Gordon B. Skinner

Organizations

  • Monsanto

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bibliographies
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Extinguishing
  • Fire Extinguishing Agents
  • Halogenated Hydrocarbons
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Hypotheses
  • Inhibition
  • Literature
  • Organic Compounds

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Library and Information Science