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the refrigerant
adjective
That cools or freezes; allaying heat or fever.
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Several U.S. supermarket chains have teamed up with the EPA and the refrigerant and refrigeration industries in a voluntary program to curb emissions that can exacerbate climate change.
The lawsuit charged the city with collecting discarded refrigerators and air-conditioners and crushing them without first removing the refrigerant chemicals they contained.
And when the refrigerant is CO2 it can also cause corrosion".
There, the cooler air condenses the refrigerant and becomes heated in the process.
The refrigerant evaporates and, in the process, absorbs the heat contained in the air.
But, again, replacing the refrigerant means replacing the hoses with new ones that have special liners.
It was the refrigerant of choice for air-conditioning units before R-12 was discovered.
Then a salty solution, commonly containing lithium bromide, absorbs the refrigerant vapours.
HFC-23, an extremely potent greenhouse gas, is a by-product of the manufacturing of the refrigerant gas HCFC-22.
A double-walled tub was placed in a freezer until the refrigerant gel in it was solid.
Under these conditions the refrigerant condenses back into a liquid form and gives off the heat it absorbed inside.
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