Re: Leak detector - mini chem lesson

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Posted by Charles on September 19, 2001 at 19:43:29: via: or 207.172.74.220

In Reply to: Leak detector - comments welcome! posted by Steve on September 19, 2001 at 17:57:13:

The halogens are chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine. The important ones in refrigerants are Cl and F. R-12, for instance, is dichlorodifluoromethane (C-Cl2-F2).

But hydrocarbons by definition have only hydrogen (H) and carbon (C) and no halogen atoms so it probably won't work...

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