Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of organic compounds that contain carbon, fluorine, and hydrogen, used as refrigerants and in other products in place of chlorofluorocarbons.
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- noun A
haloalkane composed entirely ofcarbon ,hydrogen , andfluorine .
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- noun a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Shandong Dongyuen, Zhejiang Dongyang and China Fluoro projects, which destroy a potent gas called hydrofluorocarbon-23 and are approved under Kyoto's $2.7 billion Clean Development
Scientific American 2010
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The projects destroy powerful greenhouse gases such as hydrofluorocarbon-23 (HFC-23) and nitrous oxide (N2O), in a trade in carbon offsets under the U.N.-led Kyoto Protocol.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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"Some sizable projects have postponed their requests for issuance," Fages said, referring to large, lucrative industrial gas projects that inexpensively destroy potent greenhouse gases such as hydrofluorocarbon-23 (HFC) and nitrous oxide (N2O).
Reuters: Top News 2010
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It turns out, though, that these materials contain a particular type of hydrofluorocarbon that happens to be 1,430 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
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It turns out, though, that these materials contain a particular type of hydrofluorocarbon that happens to be 1,430 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
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It would take 65 years of greenhouse gases saved by this insulation to offset the damage done by this hydrofluorocarbon, according to Alex Wilson, author of the book Your Green Home and founder of BuildingGreen, an organization that provides green design information.
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It would take 65 years of greenhouse gases saved by this insulation to offset the damage done by this hydrofluorocarbon, according to Alex Wilson, author of the book Your Green Home and founder of BuildingGreen, an organization that provides green design information.
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The fiendish chemical used in air blasters is tetrafluoroethane, a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) developed to avoid the ozone-depleting effects of chlorofluorocarbons, the more traditional referigerant and propellant chemical compounds.
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Alex calls out extruded polystyrene (XPS) such as Dow Styrofoam of Owens Corning Foamular, and standard closed-cell spray polyurethane foam (SPF) in particular, for using hydrofluorocarbon
TreeHugger 2010
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Most conventional air conditioners and refrigerators achieve cooling through a mechanical vapor compression cycle (VCC) and hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants.
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