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What is the noun for chlorofluorocarbons?

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chlorofluorocarbon
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon are replaced with those of chlorine and fluorine; formerly used as refrigerants and aerosol can propellants but withdrawn due to causing damage to the ozone layer.
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    1. “The compound is also considered as a refrigerant in applications, as a substitute of ozone reducing chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants.”
      “It took a decade to get to the point of agreeing on a chlorofluorocarbon ban and an additional 15 years to see the positive results.”
      “Think of the ozone hole of the 1980s as the climate of the 21st century and chlorofluorocarbon as coal and you might get a preview of the humiliation awaiting the current champions of coal-fired energy.”
chlorofluorocarbons
  1. plural of chlorofluorocarbon
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    1. “Water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, methane, nitrous oxide, and the chlorofluorocarbons are known as Greenhouse Gases.”
      “Once the spring returns, this chlorine, much of it originating from man-made pollutants like chlorofluorocarbons, disrupts the ozone layer.”
      “Refrigerators and freezers more than five years old contain gases known as chlorofluorocarbons which damage the ozone layer.”
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