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chlorofluorocarbon
[ klawr-oh-floor-oh-kahr-buhn, -flawr-; klohr-oh-floor-oh-kahr-buhn, -flohr- ]
noun
- any of several volatile, inert, saturated compounds of carbon, fluorine, chlorine, and hydrogen: used as refrigerants, foam-blowing agents, solvents, and, formerly, as aerosol propellants until scientists became concerned about depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer.
chlorofluorocarbon
/ ˌklɔːrəˌflʊərəʊˈkɑːbən /
noun
- chem any of various gaseous compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, used as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, solvents, and in foam: some cause a breakdown of ozone in the earth's atmosphere CFC
chlorofluorocarbon
/ klôr′ō-flr′ō-kär′bən /
- A fluorocarbon containing chlorine. Chlorofluorocarbons are destructive to the Earth's ozone layer. For this reason, the production and use of chlorofluorocarbons has been sharply reduced in recent years.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chlorofluorocarbon1
First recorded in 1945–50; chloro- 2 + fluorocarbon
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