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  • noun Alternative spelling of Freon.

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Examples

  • Because the traditional foam insulation, the product that had been specified in the 1970 Shuttle designs, the product that was used up until 1997, was made by injecting polymer with chlorofluorocarbons -- "freon" -- compounds whose use was severely limited under the 1991 Montreal Protocol.

    Extend Shuttle- Close The Gap - NASA Watch 2009

  • "freon" -- compounds whose use was severely limited under the 1991 Montreal Protocol.

    First He's In - Then He's Out - Then He's Back In - NASA Watch 2009

  • Rankine-cycle engines have been designed that use organic materials (such as freon) instead of water as the working fluid.

    Chapter 15 1982

  • This hot water is used to vaporize an organic fluid with a low boiling point (such as freon) in a reverse-flow heat-exchanger (a boiler).

    Chapter 15 1982

  • "This is the older type of freon which isn't in refrigerators made today," Roche said.

    News from www.rep-am.com 2008

  • Maybe the refrig. is working overtime due to a loss of freon?? johanson

    April- May electric bill 3400 pesos 2009

  • Maybe the refrig. is working overtime due to a loss of freon?? johanson

    April- May electric bill 3400 pesos 2009

  • I have seen everything you listed except the department store dummy, but would add paint cans, freon cannisters, old TV's, and other stuff that are hazmat if you try to take them to the dump!

    One Trigger, Or Two? 2009

  • Maybe the refrig. is working overtime due to a loss of freon?? johanson

    April- May electric bill 3400 pesos 2009

  • Maybe the refrig. is working overtime due to a loss of freon?? johanson

    April- May electric bill 3400 pesos 2009

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