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Flame extinguishment properties of dry chemicals: Extinction concentrations for small diffusion pan fires

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Ewing, Curtis T. Faith, Francis R. Hughes, James Thomas Carhart, Homer W.
Copyright Year	1989
Abstract	An extensive experimental study has been made of the extinguishment of a smalln-heptane diffusion flame (14.7 cm diameter pan) by five common dry-chemical powders—potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, monoammonium phosphate, and Monnex. The fire extinguishing effectiveness (reciprocal of the observed minimum extinction concentration) of each dry-chemical substance, other than that due to chemical specificity, is fully explained on the basis of particle size and distribution. Literature correlations between effectiveness and particle surface area appear to be incidental and stem from the inherent relationship between particle size and surface area.An important finding of the study is a discontinuity in the extinguishing effectiveness of a powder as a function of particle size. This occurs for each substance at a unique particle diameter above which there is a dramatic five-to eight-fold decrease in effectiveness. For a given substance, all powders with particle sizes below the limiting value exhibit the same maximum effectiveness.
Starting Page	134
Ending Page	149
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1007/BF01041422
Volume Number	25
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://page-one.springer.com/pdf/preview/10.1007/BF01041422
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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