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Old May 17th 14, 11:18 PM posted to alt.home.repair,sci.electronics.design,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default How does a wet cloth really help (scientifically) to survivean airplane crash?

On 5/17/2014 12:19 PM, Ann Marie Brest wrote:
On Sat, 17 May 2014 05:39:45 -0400, Kurt Ullman wrote:

The reason you want to get heck out of a Halon environment is that is
displaces the oxygen so you have nothing to breathe. (It works on the
"air" part of the old fire triangle).



And, specifically, it said that halon does *not* "displace the oxygen"
which is how carbon dioxide extinguishers work.


At least that part of my memory works.


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