CHLOROFLUOROCARBON


Meaning of CHLOROFLUOROCARBON in English

/klawr'oh floor'oh kahr"beuhn, -flawr'-; klohr'oh floor'oh kahr"beuhn, -flohr'-/ , n.

any of several volatile, inert, saturated compounds of carbon, fluorine, chlorine, and hydrogen: used as refrigerants, foam-blowing agents, solvents, and, formerly, as aerosol propellants until scientists became concerned about depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer. Cf. chlorofluoromethane .

[ 1945-50; CHLORO- 2 + FLUOROCARBON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .