New NIST Screening Method Identifies 1,200 Candidate Refrigerants to Combat Global Warming (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

New NIST Screening Method Identifies 1,200 Candidate Refrigerants to Combat Global Warming

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To help industry find refrigerant fluids with low global warming potential (GWP), NIST researchers screened 56,203 compounds and identified 1,234 candidates for further study.

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Kazakov/NIST

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