hydrochlorofluorocarbon

English

Air pollution from a factory

Etymology

From hydro- +‎ chlorofluorocarbon.

Noun

hydrochlorofluorocarbon (plural hydrochlorofluorocarbons, abbreviation HCFC)

1. (chemistry) A man-made chemical compound containing hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and carbon, mainly used in refrigeration, air conditioning, foam manufacturing, and aerosols.
   • 2007 March 15, Keith Bradsher, “Push to Fix Ozone Layer and Slow Global Warming”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The United States joined Argentina, Brazil, Iceland, Mauritania and Norway on Wednesday in notifying the Ozone Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Program that they want to negotiate an accelerated phaseout of hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or HCFC’s, at an international conference in Montreal in September.

Related terms

• chlorofluorocarbon

Translations

Translations

• Polish: wodorochlorofluorowęglowodór m inan

Anagrams

• fluorochlorohydrocarbon