The invention of the common household refrigeration fluid known as Freon (CFC) was developed by which chemist?
A. Wallace Carothers
B. Thomas Midgley Jr.
C. Leo Baekeland
D. Roy Plunkett
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Midgley synthesized dichlorodifluoromethane at General Motors in 1928, creating non-toxic, non-flammable cooling gases that later had severe environmental impacts.
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