PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator that detects a gas in a storage compartment with reduced pressure and controls the storage compartment to a preservation state suitable for a stored item.SOLUTION: There is provided the refrigerator including the storage compartment and a pressure reducing means for discharging the gas in the storage compartment to the outside for pressure reduction. The refrigerator also includes a detection means for detecting at least one of a kind, a concentration and a temperature of the gas discharged from the storage compartment by the pressure reducing means.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】減圧した貯蔵室内のガスを検知して、収納物に適した保存状態に制御する冷蔵庫を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】貯蔵室と、該貯蔵室の気体を該貯蔵室外へ排出することで減圧する減圧手段を備えた冷蔵庫であって、前記減圧手段によって前記貯蔵室から排出された気体の種類,濃度,温度の少なくともいずれかを検出する検出手段を備えた。【選択図】 図5