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US 5,277,834 AGranted
Near-azeotropic blends for use as refrigerants
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsDonald B. Bivens, Mark B. Shiflett, Akimichi Yokozeki
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AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsDonald B. Bivens, Mark B. Shiflett, Akimichi Yokozeki
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Near-Azeotropic blends of: pentafluoroethane and 1,1,1-trifluoroethane with one or more of chlorodifluoromethane, 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1-chloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1-chloro-1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane, 1,1,1,2,2,3,3-heptafluoropropane, and perfluorocyclopropane; chlorodifluoromethane and pentafluoroethane with one or more of ethane, butane, isobutane, dimethyl ether, propylene, and difluoromethane; chlorodifluoromethane with 1,1,1-trifluoroethane and 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, propane and pentafluoroethane, or 1,1,1-trifluoroethane and octafluoropropane; and pentafluoroethane with fluoroethane and 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane, along with their use as refrigerants.
A near-azeotropic composition consisting essentially of 35 to 65 percent by weight pentafluoroethane, 30 to 60 percent by weight 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, and 3 to 15 percent by weight 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethane and having a vapor pressure of about 163 to about 179 psia at about 24.degree. C., wherein the composition exhibits a change in vapor pressure of less than about 7 percent after about 80 weight percent of the composition is lost by evaporation, and wherein the amount of 1,1,1-trifluoroethane in the vapor phase of the composition does not increase after about 70 weight percent of the composition is lost by evaporation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.