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Electric shock hazard studies of high expansion foams

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Will high expansion foam conduct enough electric current to create a shock hazard? And if so, what characteristics affect the foam's conductivity?

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  1. Hunger, M. M., “Compact High Expansion Foam System for Ships Developed by Naval Laboratory”,Fire Engineering, Vol. 120, No. 6 (June 1967), pp. 60–61.

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  3. Spencer, Eric W., “The Effect of High Expansion Fire Extinguishing Foam on Operating Electronic Equipment”,ASSE Journal, Sept. 1964.

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  1. U.S. Naval Applied Science Laboratory, USA

    Thomas Ballas

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Note: The opinions or assertions contained in this paper are the private ones of the author and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the naval servie at large.

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Ballas, T. Electric shock hazard studies of high expansion foams. Fire Technol 5, 38–42 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02591611

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