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Just as you can blow out a burning match with your breath, explosives are used to "blow out" oil well fires. The fires are so violent ind intense that normal firefighting methods will not work.
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Is it always water that you use to put a fire out?
No - you wouldn't want to put out an oil fire out with water, it would spread. There are also checmicals that are used to deprive the fire of air. Powders (Like your household extinguisher) fires can also be smothered with blankets etc. Explosives are used to put out very large fires like oil well fires.
Is foam a good use for oil fires?
Yes because foam is less dense than burning oil so it lies on top of the oil and cuts through the air supply.
How do you use crude oil?
you put it on your nipples
What explosive to use in underground silver mining?
"Permissible" explosives are used. These are explosives that produce gasses upon detonation that are less toxic than ordinary explosives.
How does dynamite help us?
Anything that is not grown is dug out of the earth- metals, minerals, and petroleum. Explosives are used for all of them. Highway paving and concrete construction require crushed stone- produced with the use of explosives. The average computer contains 34 substances obtained by mining- all with the use of explosives. Building dams and highways will frequently require the use of explosives- in the US alone, we use about 12 million pounds of explosives each day.
Is it always water that you use to put a fire out?
No - you wouldn't want to put out an oil fire out with water, it would spread. There are also checmicals that are used to deprive the fire of air. Powders (Like your household extinguisher) fires can also be smothered with blankets etc. Explosives are used to put out very large fires like oil well fires.
Why firefighters do not use sand to put out fires?
Because water is better to use to put out fires than sand.
What Safety measures are taken to extinguish different types of fires?
there are many types of fires like- forest fires, fires related to electric switches and equipment's etc.in a forest fire we must use water and in a fire related to switches and equipment's we should not use any water as we can get an electric shock so we must use co2 gas for it . if it is a oil fire then we cannot use water because oil is lighter than oil.
How many countries use oil?
all countries use oil stoves, cars, fires.
How do put out electrical fires?
there is a specle fire extinguisher that is for elecrical fires ... DONT USE WATER
What other types of explosives may the enemy use in IEDs?
Other IEDs may use military and commercial explosives, such as trinitrotoluene (TNT), ammonium nitrate (fertilizer), and fuel oil (ANFO).
What fire extinguisher you use for each fire?
Class A: Used to put out fires involving combustible substances such as paper, wood, or plasticClass B: Used to put out fires consuming a flammable liquid, such as gasoline or oil, or a flammable gas like propane.Class C: Used to put out fires caused by electrical energy.Class D: Used to put out fires involving combustible metals such as magnesium, lithium or sodiumClass K: Used in kitchen fires involving deep fat fryers or other grease.The article below goes into more detail on fire extinguishers and the classes.
How do you use put to good use in a sentence?
The leftover military explosives were put to good use demolishing burned-out buildings. The town's stray cats were taken to the warehouses and put to good use catching rats.
What do firefighter use to put out fire?
Water, foam, powdered chemicals like sodium bicarbonate
Did people use leather buckets to put out fires in the 1800s?
No, they used water.
What equipment is best to use to put out fires wind fans water or mouth?
i would use a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher which works well on all fires
How do you use the jezebel oil?
how to use the jezebel oil do i put it on my skin
