hydrochlorofluorocarbon

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hydrochlorofluorocarbon

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noun hydrochlorofluorocarbons · HCFC

  1. A man-made chemical compound containing hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and carbon, mainly used in refrigeration, air conditioning, foam manufacturing, and aerosols. 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

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@misc{hydrochlorofluorocarbon_2026,
  title = {hydrochlorofluorocarbon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hydrochlorofluorocarbon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}