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Fluorinert is used in situations where air will not carry away enough heat, or where airflow is so restricted that some sort of forced pumping is required anyway. One example of Fluorinert use was the Cray-2 Supercomputer , which had a large backlit "waterfall" to cool the fluid after passing through the CPU. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Though Fluorinert poses no Ozone Depletion potential, since it contains no Chlorine atoms, it does have a high Global Warming Potential due to its long atmospheric lifetime and should be carefully handled to minimize atmospheric emissions. CHARACTERISTICS Gases including oxygen have high solubility in Fluorinert. Experiments have been conducted on Lab Animals to determine animal survivability when submerged in highly Oxygenated Fluorinert. Lab rats have survived for extended periods in such an environment, but invariably died due to lung trauma after removal. The science fiction film '' The Abyss '' (1989) postulated an experimental fluid-breathing system, in which the use of highly oxygenated Fluorinert would enable a diver to descend to great depths. While several rats were shown actually breathing Fluorinert, scenes depicting actor Ed Harris using the fluid-breathing apparatus were simulated. EXTERNAL LINKS
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