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What extinguisher use on gas fire?
Carbon dioxide
What is the proper use for a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher?
If the question you're trying to ask is "Why can someone use carbon dioxide as a fire extinguisher?" The answer is that all combustion reactions (burning) require oxygen. Overwhelming the environment surrounding the fire with CO2 limits the amount of oxygen available to the reaction, stopping the fire.
How does carbon dioxide benefit life?
carbon dioxide help to extinguish fires..if something caught a fire,we would use a fire extinguisher which contains carbon dioxide and obviously we would keep oxygen away from the burning thing..
Is carbon used in fire extinguishers?
Yes, a carbon-dioxide type of fire extinguisher contains ONLY carbon dioxide. Other extinguishers might use compressed nitrogen or other inert gases as propellants, as well as compressed carbon dioxide.
Fire extinguisher for paper?
A soda water extinguisher can be used on a fire of paper. Or use a carbon dioxide extinguisher if you don't want water damage, or if there is anything electrical that can cause a shock. Use foam on oils and flammable liquids.
What fire extinguisher to use for a gas fire?
A Class B fire extinguisher. Below is an article about the different types of fire extinguishers.
What kind of fire extinguisher is used on a microwave fire?
Hi There Around any electrical fires you must always avoid any liquid base Fire Extinguishers. The most effective Fire Extinguisher to use in that case of a microwave or any electrical appliance use a Carbon dioxide Fire Extinguisher.
Can carbon monoxide be used in fire extinguisher?
Not really. Carbon monoxide fumes are toxic and it is cheaper and easier to produce (and use) carbon dioxide instead. Additionally, carbon monoxide is flammable. It reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.
What do you use carbon dioxide?
Well I use carbon dioxide in my fire extinguisher. What do you use carbon dioxide, or to put it another way? In what do you use carbon dioxide? Humans breathe out carbon dioxide... Breathing it out is not exactly using it. That would be more like making it.
Why would you use foam to put out a fire?
Not normal foam but carbon dioxide foam from a fire extinguisher. This special foam covers the fire and takes all the oxygen out of it, and with no oxygen, no fire!!!
Can you use a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher on paper?
Yes, however, you want to be careful that it doesn't blow burning paper all over the place spreading the fire.
Should you get rid of your carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher?
your choice, but DO NOT USE ON A FIRE
