Fire Extinguishers (Types)
Introduction
Extinguishing agents are those substances that, thanks to their physical or chemical properties, are used to put out fire (generally in fires).[1].
Mode of action
From the triangle or tetrahedron of fire, the way in which extinguishing agents act can be explained, which is in four ways, each of the faces of the tetrahedron, or as a combination of them:
Agents
The most common agents are:
The use of each of them depends on the type of fire of the materials susceptible to catching fire and, in many cases, that the agent does not damage the objects not reached by the fire (as would happen with books in a library if water were used).
References
- [1] ↑ «Copia archivada». Archivado desde el original el 21 de febrero de 2014. Consultado el 14 de febrero de 2014.: https://web.archive.org/web/20140221090700/http://www.stps.gob.mx/bp/secciones/conoce/marco_juridico/noms.html