- Argonite
Argonite is a
name brand andregistered trademark owned byGinge-Kerr for a mixture of 50%argon (Ar) and 50%nitrogen (N2). It is aninert gas used ingaseous fire suppression systems.Inergen , Sinorix CDT and Cerexen, which use pureargon or purenitrogen , are similar products.In fiction
In the universe of
Marvel Comics 'sSquadron Supreme , argonite is a fictional rare radioactive substance which is one of the few in existence that can hurt the nearly invincible Hyperion. Just as Hyperion is an analogue forSuperman , argonite is an analogue forkryptonite .See also
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FE-13
*FM-200
*Novec 1230
*Halon 1211
*Halon 1301
*Inergen External links
* [http://www.ginge-kerr.com Link to Ginge-Kerr, the trademark owner of Argonite]
* [http://www.kidde-fenwal.com Kidde-Fenwal]
* [https://www.buildingtechnologies.siemens.com/solutions_services/our_offering/fire_safety/Fire_Extinguishing/intelligent_extinguishing_solutions.htm]
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