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RS-44 (R424A) v R22

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RS-44 (R424A)

RS-44 Physical Properties

         RS-44      R22

Molecular weight        108.1      86.5

Boiling point (1 atm)      °C      -38.7(1)      -40.4
     °F      -37.6(1)      -41.4

Critical temperature      °C      88.8      96.1
     °F      191.8      204.8

Critical pressure      bara      40.4      49.9
     psia      586      724

Liquid density at 25°C      kg/m³      1169      1191

Density of saturated vapour at 25°C      kg/m³      43.6      44.2

Latent heat of vaporisation at boiling point      kJ/kg      196(1)      234(1)

Cv at 25°C and 1 bara      kJ/kg.K      0.765      0.559

Cp at 25°C and 1 bara      kJ/kg.K      0.85      0.662

Cp/Cv at 25°C and 1 bara        1.111      1.185

Vapour pressure at 25°C      bara      9.67(1)      10.4
     psia      140.2(1)      151

Vapour viscosity at 25°C and 1 bara      cP      0.0122      0.0126

Liquid viscosity at 25°C      cP      0.167      0.166

Liquid thermal conductivity at 25°C      W/m.K      0.072      0.0837

Surface tension at 25°C      N/m      0.00656      0.00808

Specific heat of liquid at 25°C      kJ/kg.K      1.43      1.26

Ozone Depletion Potential      ODP      0      0.055

Flammability limit in air (1 atm)      vol%      None      None

Inhalation exposure (8 hr day and 40 hr week)      ppm      1000      1000
 
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