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HCFC

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HCFC
(organic chemistry)
hydrochlorofluorocarbon


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The stage for change was set by the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which identified CFCs and HCFCs as ozone-depleting substances.
Big chill in fridge recycling. (Waste Disposal) by Holton, W. Conard / Environmental Health Perspectives
has developed a technique that uses pure carbon dioxide, instead of CFCs and HCFCs, as the propellant, or blowing agent, in the manufacture of polystyrene foam.
An Ounce of Prevention by PERKINS, SID / Science News
Developing countries, which have not had any HCFC controls before, agreed to a freeze for the year 2016 (on the basis of consumption levels in 2015) and to a phaseout as of 2040.
Stronger measures to protect ozone layer by UN Chronicle
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