Abstract: This invention relates to compositions that include nitrous oxide and at least one of trifluoromethane, difluoromethane, tetrafluoroethane, pentafluoroethane, perfluoroethane or ethane. These compositions are useful as refrigerants, cleaning agents, expansion agents for polyolefins and polyurethanes, refrigerants, aerosol propellants, heat transfer media, electronic gases, plasma etchants, gaseous dielectrics, fire extinguishing agents, power cycle working fluids, polymerization media, particulate removal fluids, carrier fluids, buffing abrasive agents, and displacement drying agents.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 1998
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2000
Assignee:
E. I du Pont de Nemours and Company.
Inventors:
Barbara Haviland Minor, Donald Bernard Bivens, Clifford Keith Rice, James Richard Sand