Reply to post: Re: Safe for personnel?

Noise from blast of gas destroys Digiplex data depot disk drives

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Meh

Re: Safe for personnel?

Supposedly, Halon was heavier than air and would not build to a dangerous concentration at the height of a human's head until enough time had elapsed to allow the operators to initiate an orderly shutdown before they evacuated. Supposedly. That's what we were told in the 70's anyway.

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