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Why does the density of carbon dioxide as compared to air make the carbon dioxide useful as a fire extinguisher?
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∙ 12y ago
Put simply, fire requires three things to burn: a fuel, heat and oxygen. The fuel is whatever the fire is burning, and this may be something like wood, gasoline, paper, bedsheets, yeah you get the point. It creates its own heat, so that leaves one more: oxygen.
Oxygen is present in the atmosphere, the atmosphere is all around the fire. Oxygen is also a relatively light compared to carbon dioxide, because oxygen is O2 and carbon dioxide has an extra carbon atom in the molecule, CO2. When you release a lot of carbon dioxide, it instantaneously displaces the O2 in the atmosphere, because less dense objects like oxygen will rise. With no oxygen around, the fire extinguishes.
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Where can carbon dioxide be found?
fire extinguisher
Where can carbon dioxide found?
fire extinguisher
Who invented the carbon dioxide fire extinguisher?
The first carbon dioxide portable fire extinguisher in the USA was made by Walter Kidde & Co., Inc. in 1924.
What should you not touch the horn or connecting pipe when using a carbon dioxide extinguisher?
why should uou not touch the horn or pipe when using carbon dioxide extinguisher
What extinguisher use on gas fire?
Carbon dioxide
Which gas is used as fire extinguisher?
Carbon Dioxide
What does carbon dioxide do in a soda acid fire extinguisher?
It is the propellant used to force water out of the extinguisher.
How does carbon dioxide mix with powdered baking soda in a fire extinguisher?
It doesn't. The soda solution mixes with the acid and the chemical reaction FORMS carbon dioxide gas, which pressurizes the extinguisher.
Can a blimp be filled with carbon dioxide?
No, because the density of carbon dioxide is greater than the density of air.
What is the Importance of carbon dioxide?
to help plants and to put in fire extinguisher
What is the expansion rate off a carbon dioxide extinguisher?
4500:1.
What happens when there is carbon dioxide around a fire?
the fire should exstinguish a carbon dioxide puts out flames as it is a common fire extinguisher
