Hydrofluorocarbon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A haloalkane composed entirely of carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine.

    "New cars sold in much of the world since this agreement have used R134a refrigerant in their climate-control systems. It is a hydrofluorocarbon, which contains no chlorine. In the years since the ban of refrigerants containing chlorine, the ozone hole has receded."

  2. 2
    a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing wordnet

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"New cars sold in much of the world since this agreement have used R134a refrigerant in their climate-control systems. It is a hydrofluorocarbon, which contains no chlorine. In the years since the ban of refrigerants containing chlorine, the ozone hole has receded."

Etymology

From hydro- + fluorocarbon.

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