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==Applications and examples== The following table gives typical applications of working fluids and examples for each: {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Application ! Typical working fluid ! Specific example |- | [[Gas turbine]] cycles | Air | |- | [[Rankine cycle]]s | [[Water]]β[[steam]], [[pentane]], [[toluene]] | |- | [[Vapor-compression refrigeration]], [[heat pump]]s | [[Chlorofluorocarbon]]s, [[hydrochlorofluorocarbon]]s, [[fluorocarbon]]s, [[propane]], [[butane]], [[isobutane]], [[ammonia]], [[sulfur dioxide]] | [[Refrigerator#Electric refrigerators|Commercial refrigerators]], [[air conditioning#Construction|Air conditioners]] |- | [[Reusable launch vehicle]] extensible [[VTVL|vertical]]-[[launch vehicle landing gear|landing legs]] | [[Helium]]<ref name=musk20130502> {{cite news |last=Lindsey|first=Clark |title=SpaceX shows a leg for the "F-niner" |url=http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/spacex-shows-a-leg-for-the-quotf-ninerquot.html |date=2013-05-02 |access-date=2013-05-02 |quote=''F9R (pronounced F-niner) shows a little leg. Design is a nested, telescoping piston w A frame... High pressure helium. Needs to be ultra light.'' |url-access=subscription}}</ref> | [[SpaceX reusable launch system development program]] |}
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