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Give the working principle of soda-acid fire extinguisher. Also give one drawback of the soda-acid fire extinguisher.

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It works on the principle that a reaction between two such compounds results in the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide gas. One drawback of the soda-acid fire extinguisher is that if cannot be used to put out oil fires.
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