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Unread 06-04-2002, 12:13 PM   #11
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CD is right (again!)

LN2 is not a refrigerant, nor does it have endothermic capabilities.

I think it's best explained here:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ac1.htm

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In short, refrigerants have this unique ability to do the opposite of what most substances do: get hot when compressed from gas to liquid.
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