2 May
2005
2 May
'05
10:41 a.m.
Yes you're right about it not absorbing oxygen , but given that it was a
missile room , I think it's fair to say that they would have pumped a hell
of a lot of it in as quickly as possible - and it does have toxic
by-products when subjected to high temperatures.
http://erd.dli.state.mt.us/safetyhealth/brochures/halon.pdf
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From: <shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: OT Don't read this (was Re: Altair MBL source)
> Apparently the whole area gets flooded with halon
(sp?) to quickly
absorb
any oxygen
from the air, so if you hang about ......
"Absorb any oxygen" is a bit harsh. Halon is pretty good at stopping
things from burning but it doesn't make it impossible to breathe. It's
not the most healthy thing to breathe but in the 80's and earlier a
very common demo of halon extinguishers had the salesman in a halon filled
booth, demonstrating how all fires go out, while happily breathing the
stuff.
Now, CO2 oxygen-displacement extinguishers, that's a different story.
Tim.