Fire fighting chemicals

Electrostatic interactions resulting from the polarity of the carbon-fluorine bond play an important role in the binding of fluorinated biologically active compounds to their effectors [22] (discussed in detail in Sections 4.5 and 4.6) and for the me-sophase behavior of fluorinated liquid crystals [23] (Section 4.4). The consequences of the low polarizability of perfluorinated molecular substructures have been put into commercial use for chlorofluorocarbon (CFG) refrigerants, fire fighting chemicals, lubricants, polymers with anti-stick and low-friction properties, and fluorosur-factants. 

The Simons ECF process was subsequently developed to an industrial production process by the 3M Company. It currently provides the precursors to the palette of more than 250 large-scale fluorine-containing compounds produced by this company [27]. These products include fluorotensides, fire-fighting chemicals, per-fluorinated solvents, and artificial blood substitutes. 

E.E. Little, R.D. Calfee (April, 2000). The Effects ofUVB Radiation on the Toxicity of Fire-fighting Chemicals to Fish and Amphibians (Report to the U.S. Forest Service Wildland Fire Chemical Systems Program). Missoula Technology Development Center, Missoula, Montana. 

Chemical Name Fire Hazards and Fire Fighting Chemical Reactivity ... 

The editor also wants to acknowledge the input (food additives, fire fighting chemicals, textile printing auxiliaries and fatty acid/protein condensates) of Dr. H.G. Smolka, W. Adams and A. Sanders of Che-mische Fabrik Grunau GmbH, Illertissen, a subsidiary of Henkel KGaA. 

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