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- Title
- Boiling off Freon at DuPont's Chambers Works
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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In addition to a moisture removal process, purity is a prime essential in the manufacture of Freon fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants and represents 70% of the process. Here a chemical operator at the Organic Chemicals Department's Chambers Works checks for traces of impurities as he watches sample of the Freon boil off.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_3456
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Cylinders of Freon at DuPont's Chambers Works
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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Cylinders of Freon fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants are filled under pressure to keep the gas liquefied at DuPont's Chambers Works. In this form, Freon is clear, water-white and virtually odorless.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_3457
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Raw materials used in 'Freon' at DuPont's Chambers Works
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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Raw materials used in 'Freon; fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants are basically simple-sulphur, carbon tetrachloride and flurspar. Here is a worker at Chambers Works standing behind samples of these basic materials. Freon hydrocarbons are also made at DuPont plants in East Chicago, Louisville and Antioch.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_3454
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Loading Freon onto rail cars
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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One ton drums of Freon fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants are loaded on rail cars by hoist operated by a chemical worker at the DuPont Company's Chambers Works. Shipments are made in smaller steel cylinders for those customers who service household refrigerators.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_3458_1
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Drying the Freon at DuPont's Chambers Works
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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Drying is a key factor in Freon fluorinated hydrocarbon refrigerants since there must be less than 10 drops of water per ton of gas. The equipment pictured above at the DuPont Company's Chambers Works removes moisture from the Freon.
- Collection ID
- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1972341_3455
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection
- Title
- Operator at DuPont Company's Chambers Works displaying aerosol bug bombs
- Date(s)
- 1955
- Contributor(s)
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator)
- Description
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The growing variety of handy aerosol bombs is displayed by an operator at the DuPont Company's Chambers Works in Deepwater Point, New Jersey. This man helps to make the Freon fluorinated hydrocarbons that propel various sprays. The bug bomb was acclaimed as one of the most useful new weapons of the last war. Using as a propellant the same fluid that keeps refrigerators cold, the hand bombs efficiently sprayed insect killing chemicals. Now the bombs are used to spray shampoo, shoe polish,...
Show moreThe growing variety of handy aerosol bombs is displayed by an operator at the DuPont Company's Chambers Works in Deepwater Point, New Jersey. This man helps to make the Freon fluorinated hydrocarbons that propel various sprays. The bug bomb was acclaimed as one of the most useful new weapons of the last war. Using as a propellant the same fluid that keeps refrigerators cold, the hand bombs efficiently sprayed insect killing chemicals. Now the bombs are used to spray shampoo, shoe polish, paint and a host of other things in a veritable spray gun revolution.
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- DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341)
- Hagley ID
- 1974341_3660
- Collection
- DuPont Company product information collection