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i was messing around with a A/C unit with my friend trying to fix it, and unknowingly the freon gas leaked, i don't know how but it got on my hand, i got a 2nd degree chemical burn, and now my finger looks like a gigantic blister that is 1cm thick, FML

Got any pictures?

How much freon did you end of venting and will you get fined for it?

Quick, sell it to spam e-mail companies!

You've got Mail.
Subject: Double your finger size!

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But anyway, sorry to hear about your misfortune.

Some people were in the Navy... And now, thier ...[organ] looks like a pineapple!!!! [/jke]
Yeah, Co2,N2O etc. will do the same or worse. Or cause frost bite.
bESIDES THE high pressure having the ability to cut through and enter skin, even causing bubbles in the blood stream![deth]
Just something to be aware of.
8)

Cannibal Corpse wrote:Got any pictures?

lol no, and im not sure how much got out, i won't get fined, or fine anyone, we have no idea how it got out, i think the tube got cut from a tool or something


yea i have co2 experiences too , and i will sell it to the spam guys lol, pay 50 dollars and ill double your finger

Ragnarok beat me to it.

I guess there just aren't too many shitty jokes to go around.

covey that is the most anoying DP... could you be so kind as to change it to something a little less..moving lol

covey12 wrote:i was messing around with a A/C unit with my friend trying to fix it, and unknowingly the freon gas leaked, i don't know how but it got on my hand, i got a 2nd degree chemical burn, and now my finger looks like a gigantic blister that is 1cm thick, FML

It's called frostbite unless you are using a commercial non home refrigerant.
R12, 134a, & 22 are reasonably harmless except as a liquid where the risk is frostbite.
Note many refrigerants break down into dangerous acids. They break down if overheated.

MSDS below. (Material Data Safety Sheet)

R134a http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w ... wOV6c1DAHg


R12
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w ... FHhZywWs2w

R22
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w ... jqSrL4n-5w

Like Technician said, most freons are relatively benign. Heck, that's part of the reason they are used. Very low toxicity, flamability, and chemical reactivity, great solvent for grease etc. When in doubt as to the perfect solvent for a particular application use a freon.

Only real danger is frostbite, and then only with the low molecular weight freons. Heck, even the danger of a high pressure leak penetrating the skin is fairly low since freon based compressors operate at fairly low pressure. It's hydraulic systems that are at several thousand PSI where you have to worry about a leak punching the fluid through the skin.

jimmy101 wrote:Like Technician said, most freons are relatively benign. Heck, that's part of the reason they are used. Very low toxicity, flamability, and chemical reactivity, great solvent for grease etc. When in doubt as to the perfect solvent for a particular application use a freon.

Only real danger is frostbite, and then only with the low molecular weight freons. Heck, even the danger of a high pressure leak penetrating the skin is fairly low since freon based compressors operate at fairly low pressure. It's hydraulic systems that are at several thousand PSI where you have to worry about a leak punching the fluid through the skin.

i don't have frostbite, i have a big blister over a burn

while working at home depot i got frost burn all over both hands when a propane tank from a forklift sprung a crazy leak (some idiot didn't screw it on right and i was idiot enough to trust him). it was spitting out a lot of liquid which quickly vaporized. i had to be the hero and stick my hands in liquid propane to close the valve. after my skin defrosted it felt like i had stuck them in open flame and decided not to take them out for a gratuitous amount of time. the purple and black flesh peeled off after about 4 weeks.

fun fun fun

I Highly doubt a chemical burn is what you have, a frost bite sounds far more reasonable(heck they look and feel about the same!) Still doesn't sound very pleasent. Serious take soem pics, it sounds like a cool thing to start at.
@I-will: OUCH!

covey12 wrote: i don't have frostbite, i have a big blister over a burn

You have frostbite. A freeze injury generally looks about the same as a burn.

There's absolutely no way it "burned" you in the sense of a hot substance burning. What you have is most definitely frostbite. Basic chemistry tells us that any pressurized gas cools as it expands rapidly.