Recovery & RecyclingQuestion 202 of 240
Refrigerant that is reprocessed to the purity of new product and verified by chemical analysis has been:
a.Recharged
b.Recycled
c.Reclaimed
d.Recovered
Explanation
Reclamation reprocesses refrigerant to new-product purity and verifies it by chemical analysis against the AHRI 700 standard. Only an EPA-certified reclaimer may do this. Recovery only removes and stores, and recycling cleans for reuse without a chemical purity check.
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