sally@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Sally Roberts) (10/25/90)
I'd like to apologize for the tone of my last posting. I was having a bad day on too little sleep. However, I do believe I am correct that halogenated carbons containing only fluorine are more harmful than those containing chlorine and fluorine or just chlorine. It's been a while since I did research on the subject, and what research I did was concerned only with the substitution of one refrigerant for another with minimal environmental damage AND minimum system modification. It's possible that the problem with fluorine that I am remembering was due to its carcenogenic effects, rather than its effects on the atmosphere, in which case I will apologize for the error. The engineering library is currently closed, but I will look up the statistics as soon as possible, and post either quotes and references, or a retraction. Bear with me, as this may take a day or two.I have a busy schedule. --Sally PS--Please, no spelling flames on this particular post. My terminal emulator is dreadful, and doesn't work well with vi. It tends to hide mistakes from me. If I notice any mistakes when this is posted, I'll correct them.