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CFC
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Cfc
English
Alternative forms
chlorofluorocarbon en CFK rare
Proper noun
en soccer en w:Chelsea Football Club.
en US en w:Combined Federal Campaign.
en US politics en w:California Freedom Coalition.
Noun
en organic chemistry en chlorofluorocarbon, a class of molecules containing chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms.
en 1989-03-07 Malcolm W. Browne In Protecting the Atmosphere, Choices Are Costly and Complex w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/07/science/in-protecting-the-atmosphere-choices-are-costly-and-complex.html Potential replacements for the chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chemicals now extensively used as refrigerants, propellants, bubbles in plastic and cleaning fluids have already been identified. https://web.archive.org/web/20250215131648/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/07/science/in-protecting-the-atmosphere-choices-are-costly-and-complex.html 15 February 2025
en 1995 Ross Gelbspan The Heat Is On: The Warming of the World’s Climate Sparks a Blaze of Denial w:Harper's Magazine footnote 2 Contrary to his assertion, however, virtually all relevant researchers say the link between CFCs and ozone depletion is based on unassailably solid scientific evidence.
en business en w:controlled foreign corporation.
Related terms
chlorofluorocarbon
en HC HFC HCFC fluorocarbon halocarbon chlorocarbon
Adjective
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en cardiofaciocutaneous.
Anagrams
en ccf CCF Ccf FCC ccf fcc
en Fluorine Chlorine
Spanish
Pronunciation
ce efe ce +
Noun
m #
es organic chemistry es clorofluorocarbono