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What is different from AFFF to fluorine free foam (F3)? While all AFFF's use essentially the same technology (some use it better than others) and were considered functionally similar, this is not true for F3 foams. It will probably take quite a fe
Changing to Fluorine Free fire fighting foams. The fire fighting foams that we have used for more than 50 years contain fluorinated surfactants. It has long been known that these chemicals are extremely slow to break down once they are released in
The transition to fluorine free foams is currently not very easy. It would be totally irresponsible to suggest otherwise. The diligent engineer will be concerned that there is very little actual test data on which to base foam system designs for F
The first patent for AFFF and maybe fluoroprotein foams was by Tuve & Jablonski at the Naval Research Laboratory in the early 1960's. The Naval Research Laboratory has played a major role since then is extensively testing fire fighting foams for
Non-aspirating use of AFFF's has been with us since 1978 or even earlier. This provides us with a large body of peer reviewed data and actual fire fighting experience. The references below provide some idea of the testing that was carried out. The
There is not much to say about F3 foams and tank protection. The properties of fluorinated surfactant based foams are very important for a number of tank fire fighting methods. This has often been attributed to 'fuel shedding' proprieties of AFFF's,
An introduction to Fluorinated surfactants. Surfactants are everywhere in our day to day life; shampoos, dish washing detergents, soap, toothpaste and laundry detergents are just some of the most common. These products use based on hydrocarbon sur
