3M™ Novec™ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid

Protect what
matters.

Safeguard your people, buildings,

equipment and operations.
Help preserve the world we live in.
Protect what matters. All of it.

3M Science. Applied to Life.™

Smart. Safe. Sustainable. Performance
Reaches design concentration
in 10 seconds and can extinguish
3M™ Novec™ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid gives you the a fire before it even starts
peace of mind that you’ve made a smart choice, a safe
choice, and a choice that will help both sustain your
business operations and, with a global warming potential S
 afe
of less than 1, meet important sustainability goals. Offers the highest known margin of
safety for human occupancy of any clean
When specifying 3M™ Novec™ 1230 fluid, you don’t agent under the NFPA 2001 standard 1
have to make difficult tradeoffs between performance
and safety. 3M Novec 1230 fluid provides performance
Electronics
without compromise and helps you protect
Non-conductive and safe for use around
everything in your care:
energized electronic equipment

V
 aluable Assets
Evaporates quickly without residue,
helping protect paper archives, historical
documents and priceless works of art

Waterless
No risk of water damage – and no residue of any kind

 lexible
F
Planet Stored as a liquid and discharged as
Zero ozone depletion potential a gas, enabling air freight transportation
and exceptionally low global and compact storage
warming potential helps businesses
meet their sustainability goals

What matters most? � Agents at a glance

Specifying a fire protection system is about preparing for the unexpected event of a fire. In a month, a year, a decade or
more – whenever it’s needed – the choice of fire protection agent may determine the outcome, and if you are protected,
when an unexpected event happens.

3M™ Novec™
Property Inert Gas HFC-125 HFC-227ea Water CO2 Halon 1301
1230 Fluid
Designed to Control fires
extinguish fires ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ only ✓ ✓
Leaves no residue ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Water residue ✓ ✓
None (design None (design
Margin of occupant
67-122% 6-26% concentration 3-34% N/A None1 concentration
safety 1
exceeds NOAEL)2 exceeds NOAEL)
<1 Global
Warming Potential 3 ✓ ✓ 3,170 3,350 ✓ 1 6,290

Minimal space 25x more 25x more

requirements ✓ cylinders4 ✓ ✓ Varies
cylinders5 ✓
NFPA 2001 Standard Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No

Safety Margin = (No Observed Adverse Effect Level – Design Concentration) / Design Concentration. Per NFPA 2001 standard (2022 edition) for cardiac sensitization and acute
1

toxicity. CO2 is lethal at design concentration in total flooding applications.

For Class A, B and C fires per NFPA 2001 standard (2022 edition) NOAEL of 7.5%, minimum design concentration of HFC-125 exceeds NOAEL. PBPK simulation-based model
2

indicates NOAEL of 11.5%, for a 2%-32% margin of safety.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2013 Method, 100-year ITH (CO2=1).
3
4
Protecting a 50x50x9 ft. Class C hazard. 1x 1,000 lb. cylinder of 3M™ Novec™ 1230 fluid vs. 25 x 150 bar inert gas cylinders (439 ft3 ea.).
Protecting a 50x50x9 ft. Class C hazard with a 50% CO2 Flooding Factor. 1x 1,000 lb. cylinder of 3M™ Novec™ 1230 fluid vs. 25 x 100lb CO2 cylinders.
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Wide range of
industries using
3M™ Novec™ 1230
Data Power Generation
Fire Protection Fluid Centers Industrial and Transmission

“For national treasures, world

treasures, irreplaceable
treasures, Novec’s really
the only option.”
Museum, Art Medical Oil and
- Architect
and Archives Centers Gas

“3M™ Novec™ 1230 fluid was

clearly the answer. There is
nothing else on the market
that has these properties.”
- U.S. Air Force Support Equipment
and Vehicles Program Office Aviation Marine Transit

Over 20 years 3M™ Novec™ 1230 Fire Protection Fluid was developed in the early 2000s
as a revolutionary new fire protection agent delivering high performance,
of performance the highest known margin of safety among clean agents under the NFPA
2001 standard and sustainable innovation with a zero ozone depletion
without compromise potential and a global warming potential of less than 1.
Across over 20 years and more than 50,000 installations in 90+ countries,
the performance and safety of 3M™ Novec™ 1230 fluid has been validated.
When you specify a fire suppression system using 3M™ Novec™ 1230 fluid,
you have 3M’s commitment to:

Reliability: 
Many globally recognized third-party listings and
approvals, including:

Consistency: 
Over 20 years ago, we developed a rigorous quality
specification for 3M™ Novec™ 1230 fluid. Each shipment
includes a 3M Certificate of Analysis verifying the product
has been tested to meet both 3M internal and NFPA 2001
(2022 edition, section A.5.1.2.3) standards for quality.

Support: 
Our global team has fire protection know-how and
technical expertise recognized throughout the industry.
We are committed to outstanding customer support.