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fluorocarbon

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fluorocarbon [¦flu̇r·ō′kär·bən]
(organic chemistry)
A hydrocarbon in which part or all hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine atoms, including chlorinated and brominated fluorocarbons. Also known as fluorohydrocarbon.


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You may be, once you fish the new Tatsu fluorocarbon from Seaguar.
A world-scale fluorocarbon producer, Arkema currently operates four industrial facilities on three continents: Pierre-BE[umlaut]nite in France, Zaramillo in Spain, Changshu in China, and Calvert City in the United States.
He was fishing for barbel at Bridgnorth when the specimen wolfed down his luncheon meat offering on a size four hook and 8lb fluorocarbon hooklength.
 
 
 
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