chlorofluorocarbon in English

noun
1
any of a class of compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, typically gases used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants. They are harmful to the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere owing to the release of chlorine atoms upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
Their research teams subsequently carried out experiments in the atmosphere that supported their hypothesis, leading to a worldwide effort to reduce the release of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere.

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1. Originally, the solvent found in hair spray was a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC).

2. Draft decision XIX/[ ]: Essential-use exemption for chlorofluorocarbon-113 for aerospace applications in the Russian Federation

3. Reclamation services to draw off the chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant from original equipment and its substitution with an alternative gas

4. Reclamation services to draw off the chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant from the original equipment in use and ist substitution with an alternative gas

5. 5 CFC DEATH RAYS: Giant lasers could be fired from earth into the atmosphere, tuned to energy frequencies that chlorofluorocarbon gases absorb.

6. Chlorofluorocarbon, a class of chemical compounds; Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome, a rare and serious genetic disorder; Subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc in the Köppen climate classification), short, generally cool summers and long, mild winters with abundant precipitation year-round; ColdFusion Components, objects or files used in ColdFusion application servers