Abstract: A biodegradable, non-toxic firefighting concentrate composition. The preferred compositions include 4 to 40 parts of a tertiary amine having 2-10 ethoxy or other solubilizing groups per mol selected from the group consisting of one or more of a series of similar homologs or isomers of C16-C18 animal-based tallow amines and coconut amines, 1 to 15 parts of a carboxylic acid having 6 to 16 carbon atoms or homolog thereof; 1 to 6 parts of a C6-C16 alcohol or homolog thereof and 0 to 10 parts of C4 and lower alcohols or homologs thereof, and enough water to create a total of 100 parts by volume. The concentrate is usually diluted up to 100 times (v/v) with water, and is also effective when mixed with foam-forming materials. In addition, the composition is useful with soil bacteria for remediating soil contaminated with hydrocarbon fuel and for facilitating fuel dispersion and degradation within bacterial-action sewage systems.

Abstract: The invention is directed toward biodegradable, non-toxic firefighting concentrate compositions including a fluorescent type compound for foam visualization within the visible and ultraviolet light spectrum and a process for its use.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a long lasting foam. The apparatus includes an injection chamber, an expansion chamber and a coiled hose which extends therebetween. The coiled hose includes a plurality of turns. A pressure generating pump is provided to force a stream of a foam solution into the injection chamber where it is mixed with a pressurized stream of air and passed through the injection chamber, through the coiled hose, and through the expansion chamber in order to yield a foam having desirable stability and expansion characteristics.

Abstract: Described are compositions and methods useful for preparing foam compositions. The compositions and method relate to the production of a foam from a composition containing non-hydrated thickener.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there can be provided a protein foam fire-extinguishing chemical having foaming properties making it usable as a foam fire-extinguishing chemical even diluted at a concentration of 2% by volume or less. In the protein foam fire-extinguishing chemical according to the present invention, the protein hydrolyzates are contained in an amount of 25 to 40% by weight in terms of the solid content thereof, and one or more members selected from the group consisting of 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, 3-methyl-3-methoxy butanol, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol monoisopropyl ether are contained as the foaming assistant in an amount of 8 to 20% by weight.

Abstract: A polycrystalline alkali-metal or alkaline-earth metal (more particularly CaF2) fluorides, produced in an original form, namely in the form of beads; said beads having a diameter or equivalent diameter greater than or equal to 100 um, advantageously between 100 um and 2 cm and an apparent density greater than or equal to 60%, advantageously at least 90% of the theoretical density of said fluoride. A process for the preparation of single crystals of the corresponding alkali-metal or alkaline-earth metal fluorides that uses polycrystalline fluorides in the aforementioned original form.

Abstract: A water-based foam fire extinguisher excellent in foaming properties and film-forming properties in a low temperature region which includes an aqueous solution of at least one member selected among potassium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate, ammonium bromide, boron oxide, and potassium tetraborate and, incorporated in the solution, a freezing point depressant so as to have a freezing point of −20° C. or below, characterized by containing a perfluoroalkylbetaine as a fluorochemical surfactant and one or more amide-amino acid type surfactants represented by general formula (1) and/or (2) (wherein R1 represents C7-23 alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aralkyl, or alkenyl; and X represents an alkali metal or hydrogen) as hydrocarbon surfactants.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there can be provided a protein foam fire-extinguishing chemical having foaming properties making it usable as a foam fire-extinguishing chemical even diluted at a concentration of 2% by volume or less. In the protein foam fire-extinguishing chemical according to the present invention, the protein hydrolyzates are contained in an amount of 25 to 40% by weight in terms of the solid content thereof, and one or more members selected from the group consisting of 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, 3-methyl-3-methoxy butanol, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol monoisopropyl ether are contained as the foaming assistant in an amount of 8 to 20% by weight.

Abstract: A composition for use in reducing noise in a liquid-cooling system of an engine, eg an automotive engine, comprising an organo-polymeric microfibril material insoluble in the cooling liquid of the liquid-cooling system. Preferably the microfibril material is contained in a carrier, which maybe in the form of a liquid, a gel or a compressed tablet soluble or dispersible in the cooling liquid.

Abstract: A novel composition for the control of fire is disclosed. The novel composition can be used as a fire extinguisher or as a fire retardant. The composition is prepared by the admixture of a preferred amount of a selected emollient, a preferred amount of a selected emulsifier, and a preferred amount of a selected dispersant in a water carrier. To the minimal mixture may be added a preferred amount of a selected oxygen competitor, a preferred amount of a selected coolant, a preferred amount of a selected radical scavenger, or a preferred amount of a selected oxygen depleting compound. In the most preferred embodiment all of the foregoing are admixed together in a water carrier. The resulting composition functions well as a fire extinguisher by extinguishing flame. It also acts as an effective fire retardant when applied to a flammable material as a prophylactic procedure.

Abstract: Described are compositions and methods useful for preparing foam compositions. The compositions and method relate to the production of a foam from a composition containing non-hydrated thickener.

Abstract: In the prevention of the spread of fires and for directly fighting fires, a cross-linked, water-swellable additive polymer in water/oil emulsion produced by an inverse phase polymerization reaction to be added to the firefighting water is disclosed. The additive has the properties of absorbing large quantities of water, high viscosity for adherence to vertical and horizontal surfaces, and retention of sufficient fluidity to be educted in standard firefighting equipment. The method of adding this additive to the firefighting water by eduction or by a batch addition to the water source is also disclosed.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a fire-fighting concentrate composition comprising

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel fire extinguishing composition suitable for use and storage at a temperature below −1° C., said composition comprising an aqueous solution of: v) 50-60% by weight of 60% aqueous solution of potassium acetate, vi) 7-10% by weight of a 3% solution of AFFF, vii) 15-20% by weight alkylene glycol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, and viii) balance being water.

Abstract: An original method and products are described for fire quenching in all substrata such as forests, cultivated areas, city areas, industrial units, transport vehicles, etc. Aqueous suspensions of fire quenching special products contain endomolecularly water up to 300 g water/g of polymeric product, and the water is kept very strongly so that pressure is needed to take the water out. These products are used in quantities of 1-3%, and to the quenching water are added complimentary other products such as detergents, emulsifiers, adhesion promoters, and inorganic products such as carbonates, sulfates silicones etc. Quenching fires utilizes the solution containing these or a selection of these products, and the solution is thrown in the fire edges to rapidly extinguish the fires, because the water contained in the special organic products is liberated in the fire edges, where quenching immediately occurs.