REVIEW OF LITERATURE PERTINENT TO FIRE-EXTINGUISHING AGENTS AND TO BASIC MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THEIR ACTION

摘要

Literature relating to fire-extinguishing agents was reviewed in order to ascertain the extent of present knowledge and to deter¬mine what research might lead to the development of more efficient agents for extinguishing fires in aircraft.nAn analysis of the existing data was made with respect to the relative extinguishing effectiveness of different substances and the basic mechanisms involved in the action of extinguishing agents. Five basic actions of fire-extinguishing agents were enumerated and discussed. It appears that mechanical action, blanketing action, and chain-breaking action are the most important factors in extinguishing by gaseous and liquid agents.