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Curious Kids: How does the stuff in a fire extinguisher stop a fire?

  • Written by Joseph Lanzafame, Senior Lecturer of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Fighting fire during training session.Yutthaphong/Shutterstock.com

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

Let’s talk fire! And extinguishers.

You need three ingredients to make fire: fuel (like wood or gasoline), oxygen and...

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