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INERT GAS EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 1999-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire-Fighting and Rescue Equipment
CONT

Restaurants.... Consideration should be given to providing automatic sprinklers or an approved automatic dry chemical or inert gas type of extinguishing system.

OBS

Inert gas: The gases in the family of elements in the zero valence column of the periodic table, including helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon [and which exlude oxygen or dilutes it below the concentration necessary for combustion].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de secours et de lutte (incendies)
OBS

L'appellation "gaz inerte" est donnée à des gaz, qui, mélangés à l'air dans une proportion déterminée, rendent l'air incomburant. [...] Le problème tient tout entier dans la recherche de la quantité de gaz inerte qu'il est nécessaire d'introduire dans l'air pour le rendre incomburant et obtenir, par voie de conséquence l'extinction des flammes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de salvamento y lucha contra incendios
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