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Good question. At sea level pressure (14.7psia), ammonia boils at -28degrees F or approximately -33degreesC. Under considerably greater pressure, it is a liquid even at room temperature. Because it can be readily compressed into a liquid at room temperature and well beyond, it becameTHE refrigerant of choice in the early days of mechanical refrigeration and air-conditioning. However, its toxic nature made it dangerous/unsuitable to use in home refrigeration, and absolutely unsuitable for use in car air conditioning. When DuPont invented dichlorodifluoromethane, or "Freon12" in the 1940s, with a P-T liquification curve similar to that of ammonia, ammonia was quickly displaced in many/most applications in favor of "Freon12" and car air conditioning came into being. However, even to this day ammonia is still used as a refrigerant in some industrial applications, such as ice houses, due to its cheap price, and it poses no threat to the overall environment.

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