Patent · US Expired

Aqueous film forming foam concentrates for hydrophilic combustible liquids and method for modifying viscosity of same

US5391721A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
21References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 4, 1993
Grant dateFeb 21, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 4, 2013

Classification

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

Abstract

Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) concentrates for fighting polar and non-polar fuel and solvent fires, comprising hydrocarbon solvents, hydrocarbon surfactants, fluorosurfactants, high molecular weight polysaccharides, alginates, salts of aryl or alkylaryl sulfonates and water, and method for modifying the viscosity of the AFFF concentrates.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.