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"New Climate-Friendlier Coolant Has a Catch: It’s Flammable"

"LONDON — Rajiv Singh started thinking about how to do his part to fight global warming 15 years ago.

Dr. Singh, a scientist at Honeywell’s lab in Buffalo, began running computer models of tens of thousands of molecular combinations. He was seeking a better refrigerant, one of the most vexing chemicals for the environment.

Refrigerants cool homes, cars and buildings but also warm the planet at a far higher rate than carbon dioxide. Dr. Singh was searching for one stable enough to be useful but that degraded quickly so it did not linger to trap heat in the atmosphere."

Danny Hakim reports for the New York Times October 22, 2016.

Source: NY Times, 10/24/2016