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The body of the extinguisher contains sodium bicarbonate dissolved in water. In the top, there is a bottle of acid. When someone turns the extinguisher upside down, the sodium bicarbonate and acid reacts to release carbon dioxide under pressure. The water/acid solution is then forced out of the extinguisher under pressure.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoSoda acid fire extinguishers contain c02 that is created when the extinguisher is inverted and the acidic water is mixed with the soda inside the lid. The pressure of the CO2 forces the acidic water out the hose and (hopefully) onto the fire.
Soda-acid extinguishers are no longer allowed in any US occupancy requiring a fire extinguisher (i.e., anywhere other than a residential dwelling).
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∙ 13y agoThey have 2 Different chambers
1 contains in a glass vale sulfuric acid
2 Containes in the canister sodium bicarbinate
when you mix (by shacking or turning over or strike a plunger) they produce co2 wich expells the water out
excuse the spelling mistakes lol
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∙ 11y agoIt contains a solution of bicarbonate of soda and a bottle of sulfuric acid. When the bottle is inverted or uncorked, the acid mixes with the bicarb, creating carbon dioxide gas, pressurizing the container and forcing the liquid out through the nozzle, spraying an acid/bicarb mixture on the fire.
Needless to say, there are good reasons such a thing is obsolete and completely illegal to use in any structure the USA.
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∙ 11y agoit contains a metallic bin,which at inside contains sodium bi carbonate and concentrated sulfuric acid
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