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Fire-fighting compositions

US4424133A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1981
Grant dateJan 3, 1984
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA62D1/0085
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a composition for combating fires and for inhibiting release of flammable vapor from liquids, which is film-forming and comprises, in an aqueous medium, a blend of a hydrolyzed protein and an ampholytic sulphonamide fluorosurfactant falling within the general formula: EQU C.sub.6 F.sub.13.(CH.sub.2).sub.2.SO.sub.2.N(H or CH.sub.3).(CH.sub.2).sub.2 or 3.N.sup.30 (CH.sub.3).sub.2.(CH.sub.2).sub.1-3.COO-, said fluorosurfactant, when as a 0.1% aqueous solution, being film-forming on cyclohexane at normal temperatures. The composition preferably has an interfacial tension on 4-star petrol of at least 3.5 dyn.cm.sup.-1 and is particularly suitable for employment in foam form.

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