FM-200/HFC-227ea
FM-200/HFC-227ea is an odourless, colourless, liquefied compressed gas. It is stored as a liquid and dispensed into the hazard as a colourless, electrically nonconductive vapour that is clear and does not obscure vision.
The Following are Typical Hazards Protected by FM-200/HFC-227ea Systems:
- Computer rooms
- Document store
- Tape/DATA storage
- Telecommunication/Switchgear
- Vaults
- Process equipment
- All normally occupied or unoccupied electronic areas where equipments are either very sensitive or irreplaceable.
Description
It leaves no residue and has acceptable toxicity for use in occupied spaces at design concentration.
FM-200/HFC-227ea extinguishes a fire by a combination of chemical and physical mechanisms.
FM-200/HFC-227ea's mechanism of extinguishing fires is considered active. Its primary action is through
physically cooling the fire at the molecular level.
FM-200/HFC-227ea belongs to the same class of agents used in the refrigeration industry; therefore, it is
an efficient heat transfer agent. FM-200/HFC-227ea removes the thermal energy from the fire to the extent
where the combustion reaction cannot sustain itself.