1) Fire extinguishing gas 2) Fire-suppressing compound 3) Fire-suppressing gas 4) Organic compound 5) Pollutant 6) Very stable
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chemical gas fire extinguishing or liquid agent for diminishing the combustion reaction rate by acting as a thermal ballast; used mainly in closed computer rooms, aircraft, and other high-value installations where corrosive chemicals or water extinguishers are judged inappropriate. Effective at low concentrations (5%) as compared with CO2 (34%). Be...
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chemical compound used in fire fighting. A halon may be any of a group of halogenated aliphatic hydrocarbons, most of which are derived from methane ... [2 related articles]
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Halons are organic chemical compounds containing one or two carbon atoms, together with bromine and other halogens. The most commonly used are halon 1211 (bromochlorodifluoromethane) and halon 1301 (bromotrifluoromethane). The halons are gases and were widely used in fire extinguishers until they' re use was banned in 1994 because of the damage the...
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chemical gas fire extinguishing or liquid agent for diminishing the combustion reaction rate by acting as a thermal ballast; used mainly in closed computer rooms, aircraft, and other high-value installations where corrosive chemicals or water extinguishers are judged inappropriate. Effective at low concentrations (5%) as compared with CO2 (34%). Be...
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n] - a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms
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Bromine-containing compounds with long atmospheric lifetimes whose breakdown in the stratosphere causes depletion of ozone. Halons are used in firefighting.
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Halons are organic chemical compounds containing one or two carbon atoms, together with bromine and other halogens. The most commonly used are halon 1211 (bromochlorodifluoromethane) and halon 1301 (bromotrifluoromethane). The halons are gases and were widely used in fire extinguishers until there use was banned in 1994 because of the damage they c...
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Organic chemical compound containing one or two carbon atoms, together with bromine and other halogens. The most commonly used are halon 1211 (bromochlorodifluoromethane) and halon 1301 (bromotrifluoromethane). The halons are gases and were once widely used in fire extinguishers. As destroyers of the ozone layer, they are up to ten times more effec...
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