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/kɫɔɹoʊˌfɫɔɹoʊˈkɑɹbɑn/
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a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone
How To Use chlorofluorocarbon In A Sentence
- The old chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants, or CFC's, that were shown to be harmful to the ozone layer have not been installed in new refrigerators since 1993.
- Findings from the $740 million UARS mission helped confirm the link between Earth's ozone hole and emissions of industrial chemicals known as chlorofluorocarbons. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
- In the last half of the twentieth century, the manufacture of chlorofluorocarbons for use as propellants in aerosol sprays and refrigerants has resulted in a slow mixing of these compounds with the stratosphere.
- Man-made chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons - used in air-conditioning units and aerosol spray propellants - were eating away at the ozone layer. The Shad Plank
- The product is currently the only FDA-approved over-the-counter inhaler and is being taken off the shelves because it uses something called chlorofluorocarbons CFCs as a propellant -- the substance is considered harmful to the ozone layer. FOXNews.com
- Freon and the other brand-name chlorofluorocarbons were once thought to be miraculously unreactive and now prove to be lethal to Earth's stratospheric ozone layer. The Empress of Ice Cream
- For example, chlorofluorocarbons have been used in the second half of the 20th century as nonflammable refrigerants, industrial solvents, foaming agents, and aerosol propellants.
- The thinning of the ozone is caused by the presence of ozone destructing gases in the atmosphere such as chlorine and bromine, originating from man-made products like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which have still not vanished from the air but are on the decline as they are banned under the Montreal Protocol, which was signed on 16 September 1987. 2007 Ozone Hole Smaller than Usual | Impact Lab
- Many products, such as refrigerants and solvents that have been developed over the past 50 years, used substances called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
- Known as chlorofluorocarbons, the pre-1995 refrigerants are potent greenhouse gases. NYT > Home Page
