Assessment of non fluorinated firefighting foams: foam performance and ecotoxicity

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40003351
Author	Search for: Hassan, Rokib¹; Search for: Elsagan, Nour¹; Search for: Ko, Yoon¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. Construction
Format	Text, Technical Report
ISBN	978-0-660-35678-5
Physical description	69 p.
Abstract	Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFFs) are high performance firefighting foams suitable for rapid knockdown of flammable liquid fires with the outstanding film-forming capability owing to their key ingredient of fluorinated surfactants. However, the fluorinated surfactants used in AFFFs have negative impacts on the environment and health due to their low biodegradability and ecotoxicity. As such, a range of fluorine free foams (F3s) have been commercially developed using other chemicals including synthetic fluorine free ether based surfactants. The F3s were studied as an alternative to AFFFs in this study by reviewing the performance of commercially available F3s and assessing their ecotoxicity in comparison to AFFFs.
Publication date	2020-10-01
Publisher	National Research Council of Canada. Construction Research Centre
Language	English
Peer reviewed	No
Identifier	A1-016047.1 Cat. No: NR24-49/2020E-PDF
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Record created	2023-02-07
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