The History and Future of Refrigerants w/ Chuck Allgood

<p>Chuck Allgood with Chemours joins the podcast to cover the history of refrigerants and discuss what the future might hold.</p> <p>In the late 1800s, before Freon, the only refrigerants that were used were industrial chemicals like ammonia, CO2, and sulfur dioxide. DuPont stepped in to provide a better refrigerant for industrial refrigeration (which then spurred the rise of domestic refrigeration), so they created a non-toxic, non-flammable chemical called Freon-12 (CFC R-12) in 1928.</p> <p>However, in the 1970s-1980s, it was discovered that R-12 and other CFCs depleted the ozone layer due to the chlorine content. R-12...