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Properties of saturated liquid Dichlorodifluoromethane - Freon - CCl2F2 - density, specific heat capacity, kinematic viscosity, thermal conductivity and Prandtls number can be found in the table below.
| Temperature - T - (oC) | Density - ρ - (kg/m3) | Specific Heat Capacity - cp - (x 103 J/kg.K) | Thermal Conductivity - k - (W/m.K) | Kinematic Viscosity - ν - (x 10-6 m2/s) | Prandtl Number - Pr - |
| -50 | 1547 | 0.875 | 0.067 | 0.310 | 6.2 |
| -40 | 1519 | 0.885 | 0.069 | 0.279 | 5.4 |
| -30 | 1490 | 0.896 | 0.069 | 0.253 | 4.8 |
| -20 | 1461 | 0.907 | 0.071 | 0.235 | 4.4 |
| -10 | 1429 | 0.920 | 0.073 | 0.221 | 4.0 |
| 0 | 1397 | 0.935 | 0.073 | 0.214 | 3.8 |
| 10 | 1364 | 0.950 | 0.073 | 0.203 | 3.6 |
| 20 | 1330 | 0.966 | 0.073 | 0.198 | 3.5 |
| 30 | 1295 | 0.984 | 0.071 | 0.194 | 3.5 |
| 40 | 1257 | 1.002 | 0.069 | 0.191 | 3.5 |
| 50 | 1216 | 1.022 | 0.069 | 0.190 | 3.5 |
Dichlorodifluoromethane (R-12) is usually sold under the brand name Freon-12. Dichlorodifluoromethane is a chlorofluorocarbon halomethane used as a refrigerant and aerosol spray propellant. Manufacturing was discontinued in 1995 due to concerns about damage to the ozone layer.