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Can the chemicals in a fire extinguisher be harmful?
Any chemical can be harmful in excessive amounts, and at the rate more fire-extinguishers dish them out, yes they will hurt you, or even kill you. See your local safety instructor for full details on how each kind of extinguisher can be harmful in what way.
What chemicals are used in making soda acid fire extinguisher?
hydrochloric acid and hydrogen
Why should not use a chemical fire extinguisher on a metals fire?
Flammable metals often require special chemicals to extinguish, assuming there are any. So, in fact, you WOULD use a "chemical extinguisher", but probably not an ordinary dry chemical extinguisher.
Would shooting a fire extinguisher put out a fire?
No. Depending upon the type of fire, there are other ways. For instance, a brush fire can be put out with dirt or water, but is generally put out by removing the fuel. An electrical fire might be put out by simply turning off the electricity. A fire extinguisher contains water or other chemicals and you can certainly apply water or chemicals to a fire without having them come out of an extinguisher.
How fire extinguisher is able to control fire?
A fire extinguisher is meant to extinguish a fire, or at least a portion of the fire within the fire extinguisher's capacity.
Diagram of fire extinguisher?
how does a fire extinguisher work
What fire extinguisher for electrical fire?
A Class C fire extinguisher.
What fire extinguisher for electric fire?
A Class C fire extinguisher.
What fire extinguisher puts out a generator fire?
We are use the co2 as fire extinguisher
Do I have to take a fire extinguisher class?
fire extinguisher safety training Topic: Question Summary: Do I have to take a fire extinguisher class? Question Long-Form: I own a fire extinguisher. Am I required to take fire extinguisher training? If so, where are they offered?
What chemicals is in the fire extinguisher?
In fire extinguishers, they put carbon dioxide in it because it extinguishes fires. The two ingredients of carbon dioxide are; baking soda and vinegar.
What is a Eco Green extinguisher and is there one?
At present the only extinguisher in the world that meets all the below requirements by definition is the FireStopper® extinguisher product line, which is that an "Eco Green" extinguisher is a devise that is designed to extinguish every class of fire. While doing so, the "Eco Green" extinguisher must prevent the production of harmful gasses crated by fire, reduce byproducts of burning fuels without adding harmful properties to the destructive event, and without causing harm to the user, animal life or the surrounding environment.
