ABC is the acronym for an extinguisher certified for A, B, and C type fires.
A is common fuels like wood, B is for flammable liquids, and C is for charged electrical fires.
DCP stands for Dry Chemical Powder, which is inside the extinguisher and is the actual fire suppressant.
Basically, DCP is a type of ABC Extinguisher. You can also get extinguishers for Type D (combustible metals), Type K (kitchen), and other specialized extinguishing agents (i.e. Halon). Or you can get a Type A extinguisher, AB, B, BC, ABC, and others even!
ABC is generally a dry-chemical extinguisher and a CO2 is a compressed gas.
It is just the nomenclature used in the models of fire extinguishers of certain Chinese company. MT is used to denote their CO2 fire extiguishers.
Usually CO2. Hydrogen and oxygen are fuels for fire. Nitrogen would work but is not usually used as it is too light.
Yes, hand held Fire Extinguishers for one.
oxygen is a fuel necessary for flames to exist. when CO2 replaces the oxygen then the flame is unable to be present.
yes but it is depend on nature of gas whether it is flammable or not.... co2 is fire extinguisher gas widely used ....
it is a non-flammable gas that is effective at starving a fire of oxygen. Like other fire extinguishers (foam and water) it is only recommended for fighting certain types of fire. more infromation and recommendations on their use should be available through the fire department.
It is the Class C fires that invlove electrically energized equipments, and they are suppressed using CO2 extinguishers or dry chemical extinguishers. Certainly the use of water or water-based extinguishers or other water-based suppression equipment is not to be considered.
No, helium is not used in fire extinguishers. We find carbon dioxide (CO2) in some extinguishers, but not helium.
The CO2 or the dry Chemicals can be used to extinguish Liquid Fire, though other extinguishes can be used like halogen extinguishers, BUT the halogen is doesn't help as much as it harms, because it causes a toxic gas, and there is Foam extinguishers they come handy too.
Depends of the type of fire extinguisher. Common CO2-extinguishers are filled with with compressed CO2. Once released it cooles down the fire below it's burning- or ignition-temperature and replaces the Air. The lack of oxigens will then suffocate the fire. No matter what type of extinguisher, it's always about cooling of suffocating the flame.
CO2 is a gas, Carbon Dioxide. Under pressure it becomes a liquid (often used in fire extinguishers), so you would feel it then.
No, they are not toxic. Some care must be taken, however, because CO2 is a heavy gas and in an unventilated area one could asphyxiate.