Nitrogen is incombustible and has excellent stability. As a result, numerous advantages exist for utilising liquid Nitrogen as a fire extinguisher.

1. Significant cooling capacity. Liquid Nitrogen has an exceptionally low temperature, typically 196 °C. As a result, liquid Nitrogen has a greater cooling capability. Liquid Nitrogen has a high capacity for heat absorption while rapidly vaporising. When 1 kilogramme of liquid Nitrogen fully vaporises at 0 °C, it may absorb 420 kJ of heat, forming a heat absorption barrier. It has the potential to lower the temperature of the combustion region and therefore weaken the flame. Nitrogen has a heat capacity of 1.038 kJ/(kgK) at constant pressure and 0.741 kJ/(kgK) at constant volume, implying it can also cool the zone as it is heated.
2. Excellent suffocation effect. When the ambient temperature is 25 °C, liquid Nitrogen expands at a volume ratio of roughly 1:717. Liquid Nitrogen vaporises rapidly as it reaches the combustion region. Nitrogen’s volume percentage in the air rapidly increases, while oxygen’s volume fraction decreases. When the oxygen volume fraction in the space falls below roughly 15%, most plastics and solids, including wires and cables, become incapable of sustaining combustion, and the flame goes out.
3. Capable of covering in the gaseous form. With a relative density of 0.98, liquid Nitrogen vaporises to become gaseous Nitrogen. Nitrogen spreads rapidly once released, gradually filling the region and rendering flammable gas inert. Thus allowing the nitrogen injection region to retain a low oxygen content for an extended period of time.
4. Environmentally responsible. Nitrogen is one of the sufficient elements in the atmosphere and has zero global warming potential (GWP = 0). When discharged into the atmosphere during fire extinguishing, it has no adverse effect on the environment.