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  • Soda acid fire extinguishes the fire by?

    Question: Soda acid fire extinguishes the fire by?

    Options:

    Removing combustible substance
    Cutting the supply of air
    Raising ignition temperature
    None of these

    🔑 Key Points
    🔥 Soda-Acid Fire Extinguishers
    ✳️ The correct answer is Cutting the supply of air.
    ✳️ The reaction of acids with metal hydrogen carbonates is utilized in fire extinguishers to produce carbon dioxide.
    ✳️ Soda-acid fire extinguishers contain sodium bicarbonate and sulphuric acid.

    🔑 Chemical Reaction
    ✔️ The reaction involved:
    2NaHCO₃ + H₂SO₄ → Na₂SO₄ + 2H₂O + 2CO₂

    📌 Important Points
    ✳️ This extinguisher is used for Class A fires.

    🔑 Working Principle
    ✔️ The functioning of soda-acid fire extinguishers is based on three conditions:
    ➤ Cooling the combustible material below its ignition temperature.
    ➤ Cutting off the supply of air.
    ➤ Simultaneously cooling the material and cutting the air supply.

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