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Firefighting foams are produced from concentrates which were developed to fight fires of liquids. Whereas water plunges through less dense liquids like petrol, agitating and spreading the fire, foam is lighter than petrol, and can be applied in such a way that it blankets the fire and extinguishes it.
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Fitch, F. (1989). Firefighting Foams. In: Wilson, A. (eds) Foams: Physics, Chemistry and Structure. Springer Series in Applied Biology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3807-5_13
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