- Author
- Navarin, R. C.
- Title
- Dry Powder Fire Extinguishers.
- Coporate
- Engineer Research and Development Labs., Fort Belvoir, VA
- Report
- Report 1143; Project 8-76-01-001, September 23, 1949, 37 p.
- Keywords
- dry powders | fire extinguishers
- Abstract
- This report covers tests of dry powder type fire extinguishers to determine the following: 1. The adaptability of this type of extinguishers for military use. 2. The class or classes of fires for which they are best suited. 3. The type of equipment or material to which dry powder may be applied without damage. For the purpose of this investigtion the dry powder was evaluated against carbon dioxide as a fire extinguishing agent.