Patent ID: 7083742

Claim:
A method of using a fire extinguishing agent, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a fire-extinguishing agent comprising a blend of a fluoroiodocarbon and at least one fluoroether in a discharge apparatus; and (b) discharging a fire-extinguishing amount of the fire-extinguishing agent from the discharge apparatus into contact with a combustible or flammable material, wherein the fluoroether is selected from the group consisting of bis-difluoromethyl ether, methyl trifluoromethyl ether, octafluo-1,3-dioxolane, 1,1,2′,2′,2′-pentafluoromethyl ethyl ether, perfluorodimethoxymethyl, perfluorodimethyl ether, perfluorooxetane, difluoromethyl trifluoromethyl ether, trinfluoromethyl pentafluoroethyl ether and trifuoromethyl 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl ether.