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What does freon mean?

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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of several non-flammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.
  2. (refrigeration, slang) A gaseous ozone-depleting refrigerant
  3. (environmentalism, slang) A chlorofluorocarbon
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He was working on freon and accidentally polymerised tetrafluoroethylene.
Polgaz Gliwice fills cylinders with oxygen, freon, argon, carbon dioxide and gas mixtures.
Fred Landay, owner, says that with appliances containing freon that cannot be resold, Appliance Disposal extracts the freon with the help of a licensed technician.
Rotten food and harmful gases like freon have to be removed from this debris.
A refrigerant, commonly known by the brand name of Freon, circulates through the system.
Charlie brewed us tea on the fire he had made on his concrete verandah, the billycan resting on an old Freon fridge coil.

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