Citation

Takahashi S. Fire Safety J. 1994; 22(2): 169-179.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

The extinction properties for 10 commonly used solid plastics and three foam plastics were tested with 'plain water' and 'wet water'. There were large differences between persistent polypropylene and easily extinguished phenol formaldehyde resin. Some thermoplastics generated large fire balls when water was sprayed. Unretarded foam plastics were generally difficult to extinguish.Wet water was remarkably effective for persistent plastics and was made by diluting readily available foam agents with tap water. Even the wet water made by diluting 6% foam agent 10 000-fold reduced the extinction time by 30-50%.