chlorofluorocarbonn.
/ˌklɔːrəʊˌfluːərəʊˈkɑːbən/ Chemistry.
Any of a class of stable compounds of carbon, fluorine, and chlorine, analogous to the hydrocarbons, which are used as refrigerants and aerosol propellants and in the plastics industry. Abbreviated CFC n. at C n. Additions).The presence of chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere is thought to cause damage to the ozone layer.
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1947 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Mar. 350/1 The chlorofluorocarbons prepared from chlorinated o- and m-terphenyl with AgF2 were colorless oils boiling from 140° to 230°C.
1951 R. C. Downing in Slesser & Schram Prep., Prop., & Technol. Fluorine & Org. Fluoro Compounds xxxi. 564 Various other chlorofluorocarbons were prepared from aromatic and alicyclic compounds and from long-carbon-chain aliphatic oils and waxes.
1975 New Yorker 7 Apr. 47/3 Lovelock and other investigators at first regarded the omnipresence of chlorofluorocarbons in the troposphere as a harmless and potentially valuable tool for tracing air movement and wind direction.
1979 Daily Tel. 17 Dec. 8/2 Common Market Environment Ministers are expected to vote..today for a 30 per cent. cut by the end of next year in the use of chlorofluorocarbons.
1990 Nature 12 Apr. 598/2 A concerted international research effort in 1987..clearly demonstrated that chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-derived chlorine atoms are one of the chief causes of ozone destruction.
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