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n. - A fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans.

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Usage examples (37)
  • The problem is that HFC 23 is a waste product in the manufacture of a refrigerant gas which damages the ozone layer, called HCFC 22, and chemical plants have used their...
  • Scientists taking part in the TC4 experiment, which ran from July 2 to August 15, 2007, measured ozone-depleting chemicals including CFCs and CFC substitutes (such as...
  • I don't remember the name, but I know that there is one, for example, in HCFC (ph).
  • HCFC 22 now risked undoing recent repair to the ozone layer, Shende said in an interview.
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