loading...| Preferred Name |
refrigerant |
| Synonyms |
refrigerants |
| Definitions |
A substance used in a thermodynamic heat pump cycle or refrigeration cycle that undergoes a phase change from a gas to a liquid and back. Refrigerants are used in air-conditioning systems and freezers or refrigerators and are assigned a "R" number (by ASHRAE - formerly the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers), which is determined systematically according to their molecular structure. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_78433 |
| definition |
A substance used in a thermodynamic heat pump cycle or refrigeration cycle that undergoes a phase change from a gas to a liquid and back. Refrigerants are used in air-conditioning systems and freezers or refrigerators and are assigned a "R" number (by ASHRAE - formerly the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers), which is determined systematically according to their molecular structure. |
| has_related_synonym |
refrigerants |
| label |
refrigerant |
| prefixIRI |
CHEBI:78433 |
| prefLabel |
refrigerant |
| subClassOf |