A NEW VAPOR-SECURING AGENT FOR FLAMMABLE-LIQUID FIRE EXTINGUISHMENT
Abstract
A study and testing program have resulted in the development of new water-soluble surfactants of the perfluorocarbon type capable of forming vapor-securing foams and films on the surface of lowflashpoint flammable fuels of the gasoline type. Equipment has been designed and developed for successful one-man application of these foams immediately following flame extinction with the free-radical quenching agent, potassium bicarbonate dry chemical, on a pound-for-pound basis. Problems of foam collapse, usually encountered where dry chemicals and vapor-securing foam agents are used together, are nonexsistent with the new perfluorocarbon foam surfactant.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 13, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0435612
Entities
People
- E. J. Jablonski
- H. B. Peterson
- R. L. Tuve
- R. R. Neill
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory