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From: peterb@pbear.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Smoking in public?
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 10:27:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 10:27:00 1985
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Actually, Halon does not displace the oxygen. What Halon does is to reduce
the ambient oxygen count to a point below that which fire can continue to burn.
This point is much higher than that needed for a human being to continue
breathing without bloackouts or dizziness.

With previous systems (read CO2), there were incidents of accidental discharge
with injuries resulting to personnel; hence the benifits of Halon.

Peter Barada
{ihnp4!inmet | harvard!ima}!pbear!peterb