April 14, 2004

Sapphire (a.k.a Novec 1230) = Liquid That's Not Wet

A representative of Tyco Fire and Security displayed the amazing properties of the chemical that's called 'Sapphire.'

As part of a demonstration, Pelton submerged several items into a tank of Sapphire that was on the Good Morning America set. Books did not get wet. Electronics were not be destroyed. Items that were submerged in the liquid were dried in a matter of seconds, and showed no ill effects.

The computer was left on when they submerged this laptop into this fish tank of Sapphire.

The proposed application for this is to put out fire without damaging goods.

Read article here and view slide show here.

Posted by david at April 14, 2004 07:26 PM | TrackBack
Comments
There are some other unique properties about this halon alterntive manufactured by 3M. Of particular importance is the great environmental properties. Second, because it is a liquid at room temperature, Novec 1230 can be discharged with a pump instead of high pressure cylinders like's it's current market counterparts. You can learn more about clean agent pumps by visiting the website of the first company to commercially announce this 'patent pending' technology: http://www.capsfire.com CAPS Fire Inc. manufactures 'patent pending' pump technology used for the delivery of clean agents or halon alternatives used in fire protection systems and cylinder fill station operations and can be sourced globally. Clean agent pumps are available as components through all OEM’s and allow greater flexibility in system design. Posted by: David Smith at August 8, 2004 09:08 PM