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Re: Updated scoop on Halon

To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: Updated scoop on Halon
From: David Buchner <Buchner@wcta.net>
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 13:55:34 -0500
In-Reply-To: <33731fbd.2464ab57@aol.com>

At 1647 -0400 05/07/99, VBra676539@aol.com wrote:
>Halogenated Hydrocarbon Gas (HALON) is composed of Carbon, Bromine, Chlorine,
>Fluorine and Iodine and is always listed in that order in numerical form.
>The number identifies the component quantities (parts per measurement, I
>suppose)[...] Halon 1211 is used in fire extinguishers
>and has a Chlorine component and is toxic. We can rule this one out. On the
>other hand, Halon 1301 is used in what is called "total flooding areas" [...]

Okay. If there's five components, why only four numbers indicating their
proportions?


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David
buchner@wcta.net
http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
Osage MN USA

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