Thomas Midgley Jr.
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Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American mechanical and chemical engineer. He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons, better known in the United States b
Midgley c. 1930s–1940s
Sign on an antique gasoline pump advertising the TEL anti-knock compound Ethyl, a gasoline additive
Freon
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Freon is a registered trademark of Chemours and generic descriptor for a number of halocarbon products. They are stable, nonflammable, low toxicity gases or liquids which have generally been used as r
Thomas Midgley Jr.
…in developing leaded gasoline (tetraethyl lead) and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), better known in the United States by the brand name Freon; both products were later banned from common use due to their harmful impact on human health and the environment. He was granted more than 100 patents…
A can of 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane (Freon 134a) used for recharging vehicle air conditioning