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Refrigerant used in refrigerator

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In the 1930' non-toxic, non-flammable synthetic refrigerants such as Freon-12 were introduced. However, R-12 damaged the ozone layer, causing governments to issue a ban on its use in new refrigerators in 1994. The less harmful replacement, R-134a has been in common use since 1990.

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