 and it's sprayed in the evaporator in a liquid form. When it grabs heat, the refrigerant grabs the heat and goes from a liquid into a gas. It changes state from a liquid to a gas. Just like if you had liquid water and you took it to a boiling point, it's going to turn to steam. Well, that's 212 degrees. Well, refrigerant, under normal circumstances, will only stay a liquid under pressure unless it's at zero degrees.