Talk:Freon

message: After reading http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1994/vo10no23.htm , I'm not sure what to believe. - Mpnolan 18:40, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: (William M. Connolley 19:17, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

text: well of course it can not do damage to the ozone if it cant get there?????????????????????????
signed,Interested learner, wanganui new zealand  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.239.78.81 (talk) 05:41, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I remember working around a refrigeration shop, a guy would throw a burning cigarette across the room, then open the bottle of R12 a few seconds. In one minute,  the cigarette would be Out. There is proof enough that  chloro/chlorofluorocarbons creep along the ground, can't "float" up into the  ozone  layer. DuPont, Dow and others create rumors to  sell upgrade refrigerants and systems. Like an arms dealer inventing a war.174.18.41.13 (talk) 01:39, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes freons are heavier than air. The result is that they get up there very slowly. That is why it takes years from the end of production until the ozone layer recovers. Note that oxygen is heavier than nitrogen, but is mostly mixed in the atmosphere. Otherwise, all the oxygen would sink, and the nitrogen float. Gah4 (talk) 02:30, 29 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: And at sea level, we would have a layer of pure carbon dioxide. What mixes up the different gases is partly the fact that individual molecules are moving at high speed, and partly the effect of turbulence caused by the earth's rotation and temperature variations. Mhkay (talk) 09:48, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Freon really destroying the ozone layer? 

message: The List of Refrigerants mentions the word Freon only once.  After looking through that article, I had no idea what a Freon was.  With this page, at least the users will understand what the long list of chemicals represents. 
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Olego (talk • contribs) 19:59, 14 July 2007
: Thank you for this. Quirkie 20:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Undoing the Redirect 

message: no one mentioned that this is a caustic gas
:Not true. See what the article says, which is more or less accurate (though a better ref needs to be added).  Reify-tech (talk) 00:50, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Freon?????

message: Freon is a brand name of halocarbon chemical compounds by DuPont. It is not a single substance and there are many products under that brand name. Although most are CFCs, not all are.  Freon 23® is an HFC, therefore I changed the re-direct to refrigerant. 
See: http://www2.dupont.com/Refrigerants/en_US/products/Freon/Freon23.html
Cantaloupe2 (talk) 22:07, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Changed redirect

message: *A Dear Abby story that garnered attention against the gas, without the ozone layer concern, was that a married couple reported their kid died, not from illegal drugs, smoking, extramarital sex, reckless driving or any of the usual killers, but from inhaling Freon. Is that possible, outside of working in a job where one would process and trap the gas? 129.174.252.90 (talk) 18:52, 25 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Without a specific reference, there is little more to be said.  Reify-tech (talk) 00:50, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: If you inhale any oxygen displacing gas long enough, you will die.  Without CO2 build-up, the body doesn't react. Helium and nitrogen will do that, too. Not just a quick whiff, but somewhat longer. Gah4 (talk) 22:55, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

text: It seems that some people intentionally inhale just about any gas for a high, often due to reduced oxygen levels. While not an illegal drug, it is still substance abuse. Gah4 (talk) 23:30, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freon fatalities? 

message: The article says moderately toxic.  Not knowing the actual scale, I thought they were usually considered low toxicity.  (Not counting oxygen displacement above, which it not toxicity, but loss of oxygen).  Gah4 (talk) 22:56, 23 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  toxicity? 

message: I have seen cans of R-134A from DuPont and Chemours that said "Freon" right on them. I suggest U edit first page to reflect this.174.18.41.13 (talk) 01:34, 25 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freon? 

message: Is there a WP:RS that Freon is a generic trademark?  Gah4 (talk) 05:21, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, you can always add the -tag in an article if you would like to see additional references. I added a reference for your convenience  SpamHunters (talk) 09:46, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[generic trademark]] 

message: The lede paragraph says "These include the chlorofluorocarbons...". What does "these" refer to? What exactly is the relationship of Freon to CFCs - are they overlapping categories?
Also, I don't think we need the aside about acetone being used for nail varnish remover.
:Technically, it was a trademark of DuPont, and now of Chemours. If they say it is Freon then it is, otherwise it isn't. The early Freons are chlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorochlorocarbons. More recently hydrofluorocarbons. Most often those are refrigerants, and generically labeled with R- numbers, corresponding to the number Chemours calls a Freon. Gah4 (talk) 09:51, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition 

message: — Assignment last updated by Crode1212 (talk) 16:56, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Air Quality