Question

In an overheated oil kitchen fire, Rohit’s mother put a lot of dry white powder X on the pan. The fire gets

extinguished.

a) What could be the dry powder X?

b) How does X extinguishes the fire?

c) Name the other substance like X used to extinguish fire.

d) Explain soda acid fire extinguisher in brief.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) That dry powder is probably sand.

b) It extinguished the fire by stopping supply of oxygen.

c) Carbon dioxide is also used in fire extinguishers.

d) Soda acid type extinguisher acts by cutting off supply of air. It increases the percentage of carbon dioxide in air (CO2 is non supporter of combustion). This type of fire extinguisher contains a bottle of sulphuric acid supported by a metallic container filled with a baking soda solution.

Explanation:

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