The Tremendous Popularity of Mechanical Refrigeration for Household Use in the 1930s

question 19

Multiple Choice

The tremendous popularity of mechanical refrigeration for household use in the 1930s and 1940s stimulated the development of a new series of nonexplosive and nontoxic refrigerants known as ____ of the halogen family.

• A)chlorinated hydrofluorides
• B)hydrocarbons
• C)PCBs
• D)dioxins

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Clayton Act

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