Dichlorodifluoromethane
(A.K.A CCl2F2)
How It's Useful
- Aerosol propellants
- Refrigerant in air conditioning units
- Fire extinguishing mixtures
Physicall/Chemical Attributes of Dichlorodifluoromethane
- Boils at -29.9 Celsius
- When cooled or compressed it's colorless, non-flammable, and relatively odorless
- At room temperature is a gas
More Fun Stuff
- In the body, dichlorodifluoromethane do not undergo metabolic transformations and are released unchanged through the respiratory organs.
- Freon is the easier way to say Dichlorodifluoromethane.
- Freon is 4x heavier than and sinks to the ground/floor initially when leak occurs.