From: "R.S." > > It's less effective than mentioned HFC-227ea, FM-200, FE-227 products. > Inergen only adds to the air causing the total percentage of oxygen to > get low, to low to sustain the fire. > The mentioned gases are "active" that means the react with oxygen at > high temperatures (in the flame neighborhood) so locally oxygen > percentage gets extremely low, while average depends only on amount of > gas added.
That would explain why Halon was considered bad for the kit as well as the people. I was told we had to be *very* careful cleaning the gizzards of the machinery after a drop. Oxidizing residue on electronics as they heated up wouldn't be a good thing I guess. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
