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If the fire is contained within the beaker, then you simply need to cover the top of the beaker with anything that will seal it off and allow the fire to extinguish itself due to lack of oxygen.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 8y agoThis depends on type of the fire, where the fire occurred, materials involved etc. and also on your definition for "small".
Depending on these situations you can use the adequate fire extinguisher.
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Fire can be extinguished more quickly by ice or water?
water?
What element in the water put out the fire?
Fire is not extinguished by one element, but by the compound that is water. Individually, the two elements (hydrogen and oxygen) wwould make a fire worse- but the compound of them will exclude oxygen from the fire, and rapidly cool fires below the "kindling" temperature- so it goes out.
Why does burning magnesium explode when extinguished with water?
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What is the identity of the smoke that is released when a candle is extinguished?
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What happens when a lighted splint is put near carbon Dioxide?
The fire will be extinguished. The better test for identifying carbon dioxide is to bubble the gas into lime water. Limewater will go cloudy because of chalk/limestone precipitation.
What type of fire should not be extinguished with water?
Grease Fires!
How is an extinguished fire different from a raging one?
An Extinguished fire is put out and a raging fire is continuing to burn .
Is extinguished a verb or a noun?
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What type of fire should not be extinguished?
A wildfire that Forrest crews are watching and letting burn. A natural Forrest fire paves way for new growth.
Can you give an example of a sentence using word extinguish?
Nancy poured baking soda on the grease fire to extinguish the flame.
Why does a burning candle get extinguished when covered with a tumbler?
Fire needs oxygen to burn and when the tumbler covers the fire it uses up all the oxygen in the little space quickly and is extinguished.
Fire can be extinguished more quickly by ice or water?
water?
How do you use extinguishing in a sentence?
The fireman was exhausted after extinguishing the fire. or By the time the firemen reached the burning building, the heaven sent rain was already in the process of extinguishing the fire.
How does fire get extinguished through a dry chemical used in fire extinguishers?
It suffoctaes the fire by depriving the fire of air which it needs to burn.
How is the second fire extinguished in to build a fire?
In "To Build a Fire," the second fire is extinguished when the man tries to ignite a match to start a fire after falling into the freezing water. The wet conditions prevent the fire from lighting, causing the man to lose his last chance to warm himself and survive in the harsh wilderness.
After the fire has been extinguished is it important to watch for it to reignite?
Of course.
What sentence can you right for reenter?
They will reenter the building when the microwave fire is extinguished.
