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Fre·on

(frē′ŏn′)

A trademark for a variety of nonflammable gaseous or liquid fluorinated hydrocarbons employed primarily as working fluids in refrigeration and air conditioning and as aerosol propellants.

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Freon

(ˈfriːɒn)

(Chemistry) trademark any of a group of chemically unreactive chlorofluorocarbons used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, and solvents

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Fre•on

(ˈfri ɒn)
Trademark.

any of a class of liquid or gaseous fluorocarbon or chlorofluorocarbon products, used as refrigerants.

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Freon - any one or more chlorofluorocarbons (or related compounds) that are used as an aerosol propellant, organic solvent, or refrigerant

trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

CFC, chlorofluorocarbon - a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans; "the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone"

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"The Sagami General Depot does not store ammunition or radiological materials," he said, adding that the building contained canisters of compressed gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, Freon and air.

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2), where low-grade heat source (ground water), transmits heat to freon in the evaporator 2, the freon is boiling, and that steam absorbed with compressor 1, it is compressed.

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Ocials later found tanks of acetylene, freon and oxygen in his car at the airport but say they do not know what they would have been used for.

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Key to the aerosol can's functioning was the propellant Freon, the trade name for several halocarbon, or chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) organic compounds first marketed by DuPont.