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Re: Why do some refer to any refrigerant as 'freon'?
Posted to HVAC Forum on 3/23/2016

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Why do you call that big box in your kitchen a "refrigerator"?

Because in the 16th century some Latin speaking person came up with the word "refrigerare" which means, to make cold, from re- + fr... Login to read more.