* "Robert J. Hansen" <[email protected]> wrote: > When Freon catches fire it decomposes into phosgene, a nerve gas, > which makes it kind of hard to fight the fire. In the book, a fire > ravages the datacenter and yet somehow people in it aren't dead > from phosgene exposure.
Phosgene is not a nerve gas, it is "just" a pulmonary agent. Deadly doses are higher and death is painful and slow (within 24-48 hours). Not all Freon would be converted into Phosgene and I'd guess the firefighters wore gas masks thus limiting the exposure (they know about the Freon?) Anyway, enough nitpicking (and I haven't even read the book ;-) -- left blank, right bald
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