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...current research is to produce superconductors that can perform their magic at less frigid temperatures that are easier to reach and maintain. What's exciting about the latest mercury compounds, Chu points out, is that they can theoretically do their thing with the help of ordinary coolants like Freon, which circulates in household refrigerators...
...glass back with his bare hands, unlock the door and slither inside. Next, he used the screwdriver to break the steering column and turn on the ignition. Popular antitheft devices like The Club, which locks a steering wheel in place, never deterred him. Most thieves spray The Club with Freon and crack it with a hammer. Wills would snip it in half with a ratchet-type tool. "He said he preferred GM cars," says agent Stott. "I think he was probably just more familiar with them...
...Freon; Bad Lieutenant is sulfur. Ferrara's fifth film, about a New York City police officer (Keitel again) caught in a toxic vortex of drugs, sex and gambling, has been rated NC-17. Two scenes are indelibly repellent. In one, a nun is raped in a church; in the other, the cop viciously and pathetically humiliates two teenagers with verbal sexual abuse. The movie, a lapsed Catholic's anguished prayer for last-minute salvation, says the cop is so addicted to sin he can't enjoy it. "Vampires are lucky," observes the cop's junkie girlfriend (co-screenwriter Zoe Lund...
...then there was the Freon. About the time the Beverly plant was begun in 1979, scientists were speculating that chlorofluorocarbons were a significant depletor of the earth's ozone layer. In earlier, smaller facilities, Otisca had been able to recover all but 0.1% of the Freon, motivated to do so by the sheer economics of recycling the expensive chemical. But in the big plant in Beverly, it was losing as much as 5%. Smith discovered that he had installed the wrong kind of compressor to recover the Freon, then argued with AEP over how to fix it. "I tried...
...experience was not a total loss. During the early '80s, Keller was able to advance the cleaning efficiency, and Smith made the switch from Freon to pentane. The Department of Energy began taking an interest. Through its Clean Coal program, DOE was awarding matching funds to private-sector coal- powered projects that demonstrated an ability to both meet new environmental standards and compete economically...