R-410A
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R-410A is a refrigerant fluid used in air conditioning and heat pump applications. It is a zeotropic but near-azeotropic mixture of difluoromethane (CH2F2, called R-32) and pentafluoroethane (CHF2CF3, called R-125). R-410A is sold under the trademarked names AZ-20, EcoFluor R410, Forane 410A, Genetron R410A, Puron, and Suva 410A. Due to its high global warming potential, R410A is being phased out in several countries.
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Transition from R-22 to R-410A
- Environmental effects
- R-410A phaseout
- United States
- European Union
- Physical properties
- Precautions
- Trade names
- See also
- References
R-410A is a refrigerant fluid used in air conditioning and heat pump applications. It is a zeotropic but near-azeotropic mixture of difluoromethane (CH2F2, called R-32) and pentafluoroethane (CHF2CF3, called R-125). R-410A is sold under the trademarked names AZ-20, EcoFluor R410, Forane 410A, Genetron R410A, Puron, and Suva 410A. Due to its high global warming potential, R410A is being phased out in several countries.
== History == R-410A was invented and patented by Allied Signal (later Honeywell) in 1991. Other producers around the world have been licensed to manufacture and sell R-410A. R-410A was successfully commercialized in the air conditioning segment by a combined effort of Carrier Corporation, Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., Copeland Scroll Compressors (a division of Emerson Electric Company), and Allied Signal. Carrier Corporation was the first company to introduce an R-410A-based residential air conditioning unit into the market in 1996 and holds the trademark "Puron".
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