fluorocarbonn.
/ˈflʊərə(ʊ)ˌkɑːb(ə)n/, /ˈflɔːrə(ʊ)ˌkɑːb(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈflʊroʊˌkɑrbən/, /ˈflɔroʊˌkɑrbən/ Chemistry.
Any of a large class of compounds of carbon and fluorine analogous to the hydrocarbons and typically stable or unreactive chemically. Also more widely: a polymer of such a compound, or a derivative containing one or more atoms of another element. Cf. chlorofluorocarbon n.
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tetrachlorethane1871
pentachloroethane1872
trichloroethylene1889
Freon1932
tetrafluoroethylene1933
fluorocarbon1937
perfluorocarbon1947
heptachlor1949
tetrachlorodibenzodioxin1959
TCDD1971
CFC1976
1937 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 59 1407/1 From a reaction mixture of carbon and fluorine the following fluorocarbons have been isolated.
1951 Sci. News Let. 15 Sept. 165 The relatively new chemicals known as fluorocarbons when used as a cooling spray greatly increase the efficiency of electrical transformers.
1962 A. J. Rudge Manuf. Fluorine vii. 57 In the technical literature there has developed a tendency to use the term ‘fluorocarbon’ to include compounds containing elements additional to carbon and fluorine, e.g. CF2Cl2. This practice is confusing and is to be deprecated.
1966 New Scientist 24 Nov. 456/2 Fluorocarbons such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and related polymers.
1977 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 May 19/6 The U.S. government announced today that it will ban virtually all fluorocarbon aerosol sprays less than two years from now.
1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xv. 230/2 Fluorocarbon polymers such as Scotchgard and Zepel repel both oil and water.
2000 New Scientist 21 Oct. 22/1 So-called supergreenhouse gases, including fluorocarbons such as CF4 and C2F6 which strongly absorb infrared but don't destroy ozone.
2002 Sport Fishing Sept. 130/2 I dropped my leader size down to 130-pound fluorocarbon and used smaller hooks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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