"Antonio Carlini" wrote:
Paul Koning wrote:
I'm puzzled by some of the earlier
discussion. In particular,
the "displace all air" stuff sounds bogus.
I'm sure it is. Even allowing for the fact that halon 1301
(or whichever was the commonly used one) is heavier than air
and will therefore sink, I don't believe that a concentration
I think the 'problem' may be that because it's heavier than air it can
displace all the air in your lungs. Not the room, however.
That's just what I was told, and did witness, with refrigerant.
(and why I'd heed the advice to hold your breath :-)
but to be honest, I have no idea if this is actually true.
-brad