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Freon trademark for a series of fluoridated hydrocarbons used primarily in refrigeration. Freon 112 a flukicide in sheep. See tetrachlorodifluorethane. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Freon and other refrigerants are a critical part of what allows North Americans to maintain food at safe temperatures as well as cool their homes and offices during the summer. Once it's in place on a spacecraft, ENose will run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, monitoring the air to make sure that dangerous substances, such as mercury, or coolants, such as Freon, aren't present in the cabin. The effect of strontium fades as a function of time, temperature, agitation of the melt and the use of aggressive degassing agents, such as chlorine or Freon. |
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