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Halon was used back in the day for fire suppression but I thought it was only dangerous at high enough concentrations to suffocate you by displacing oxygen.
by mrgoldenbrown 1y ago
Halon was used back in the day for fire suppression but I thought it was only dangerous at high enough concentrations to suffocate you by displacing oxygen.
- userbinator 1y agoTo be of any use, it also has to suffocate a fire.
- oasisbob 1y agoHalon doesn't work that way, by displacing oxygen. Flame chemistry is weird. Halogenated fire suppression agents work by making Hydrogen (!) out of free radicals. https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/el/fire_research/Fleming-Chemical-Fire-Suppressants-How-can-we-Replace-Halon.pdf https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/el/fire_research...