Word: freon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fires a salvo of scent into the theater through the air-conditioning ports. The AromaRama people claim they can reach every nose in the house within two seconds, and remove the odor almost as fast as they release it. The perfumes* are built up on a quick-evaporating base (Freon), and as the air is drawn off for filtering, it is passed over electrically charged baffles that precipitate the aromatic particles...
...Grant-Hoffman Company, which rents one-third of all student refrigerators through Harvard Student Agencies has replaced sulfur dioxide models with refrigerators which operate on harmless freon...
...from Du Pont last week came a new liquid gas dubbed Freon C-318. While the name was just so much gobbledygook to consumers, the gas itself may play a big part in their lives. If tests prove successful, C-318 will bring a vast expansion of the aerosol industry by making possible a big new pantry of liquid-gas-dispensed foods such as frostings, sandwich spreads, sauces and syrups. Until now, aerosol foods have been slowed by the fact that the liquid gases used in nonfood products have been ruled out by the Food and Drug Administration. (Compressed gases...
...Cooled. An air-cooled central home air conditioner was put on the market by Chrysler Corp.'s Airtemp division. Designed especially for areas where water scarcity makes water-cooled conditioners impractical, the unit brings in outside air to cool the refrigerant (Freon), needs no water piping. Price...