Re: [alfa] Re: Air conditioning question (not Alfa specific) - ammonia toxicity

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:35:43 -0400 Dean Mericas <dmericas@domain.elided> wrote:
> I don't know diddley about refrigerant performance, but I can tell you that
> there are a bunch of really good reasons to avoid unnecessary use and
> release of ammonia

i agree.

NASA uses ammonia as a refrigerant* on the international space station, but
they're pretty paranoid about it because it is extremely dangerous if it gets into
the station air in significant quantities.

richard
  (* it carries heat out to the radiators from the living and electronics spaces)
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