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In the early 1970s, National Foam, Inc. invented alcohol-resistant AFFF technology. ... Vol. 20 No. 6, Industrial Fire World Magazine. 5 October 2005
1967 In the wake of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, which happened off the coast of north Vietnam—"one of the worst disasters in U.S. naval history"—in which 134 people were killed and the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was almost destroyed, the US Navy began to make it mandatory for its vessels to carry Aqueous Film Forming Foams (AFFF) on board ...
AFFF was developed in the 1960s under Project Light Water in a joint venture between 3M and the U.S. Navy. AFFF forms a film that floats out before the foam blanket, sealing the surface and smothering the fire by excluding oxygen. AFFF is widely used for ARFF firefighting at airports, often in conjunction with purple-K dry chemical.
1941: Polyester is invented by John Rex Whinfield and James Dickson. [479] 1942: The V-2 rocket, the world's first long range ballistic missile, developed by engineer Wernher von Braun. 1944: The non-infectious viral vaccine is perfected by Dr. Jonas Salk and Thomas Francis. [480]
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
Claude Shannon (1916–2016), founder of information theory and modern cryptography, invented Minivac 601, and co-invented the first wearable computer (with Edward O. Thorp) Ugo Cerletti (1877–1963), together with Lucio Bini (1908–1964), Italy – Electroconvulsive therapy; Leona Chalmers (c. 1937), U.S. – modern menstrual cup
This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whomever else it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . The list
AFFF may refer to : Film festivals. Asian Festival of First Films, a former film festival held in Singapore; Imagine Film Festival, formerly Amsterdam Fantastic ...