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kaon
21-10-2022, 03:53 AM
I have seen explainers like https://www.swep.net/refrigerant-handbook/5.-refrigerants/sd6/ and https://www.achrnews.com/articles/108910-ice-breaker-refrigerant-numbering-system-explained

But have not found any clear explanation of the lowercase "ze" and "yf" commonly seen suffixed in R1234ze and R1234yf.

I understand the uppercase parenthesized (E),(Z) suffixed like R1234ze(E) is used to specifically refer to the (E) isomer.

Does the lowercase "ze" suffix refer to the unspecified mixture of the 2 isomers?

What does "yf" mean?

RANGER1
21-10-2022, 08:34 AM
I have seen explainers like https://www.swep.net/refrigerant-handbook/5.-refrigerants/sd6/ and https://www.achrnews.com/articles/108910-ice-breaker-refrigerant-numbering-system-explained

But have not found any clear explanation of the lowercase "ze" and "yf" commonly seen suffixed in R1234ze and R1234yf.

I understand the uppercase parenthesized (E),(Z) suffixed like R1234ze(E) is used to specifically refer to the (E) isomer.

Does the lowercase "ze" suffix refer to the unspecified mixture of the 2 isomers?

What does "yf" mean?

Should answer your question.
http://hvacrfundamentals.blogspot.com/2022/02/decoding-hfo-numbering.html?m=1