Any of various compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and flourine used as refrigerants. CFCs are now thought to be harmful to the earth's atmosphere.

by 1946, from chloro- + fluorocarbon.

chemical compound mostly used in refrigerants and flame-retardants. Some CFCs have destructive effects on the ozone layer.

A chemical once used in refrigerators, air conditioners, and as aerosol propellants that, when released high into the atmosphere, destroyed the ozone. This environmental danger was resolved by banning [..]

A refrigerant chemical that the federal government has banned, which must be phased out of use by 2000.

(n) a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans

CFCs are a family of gases containing chlorine, fluorine, and carbon, that were used as coolants and contributed to ozone depletion.

Gases made of chlorine, fluorine, and carbon. In the troposphere, a CFC molecule does not normally react with other substances. However, in the stratosphere, ultraviolet radiation breaks apart the CFC molecule releasing a chlorine atom which catalytically destroys many ozone molecules.

See: Haloalkane

Chemical compound used in cooling equipment, which damages the earth’s ozone layer and contributes to global warming.

Chemical compound used in cooling equipment, which damages the earth’s ozone layer and contributes to global warming.

Compounds of carbon, chlorine and flourine, which have been responsible for destruction of high-level ozone.

A family of compounds of chlorine, fluorine, and carbon, entirely of industrial origin. CFCs include refrigerants, propellants for spray cans (this usage is banned in the U.S., although some other cou [..]

A chemical compound that would be a hydrocarbon, except that at least one hydrogen atom in the molecule is replaced by a fluorine atom and the others are replaced by chlorine atoms. Many CFCs are impl [..]

klawr-oh-floor-oh-kahr-buhn Synthetic chemical that is odourless, non-toxic, non-flammable, and chemically inert. Released into atmosphere, chlorine-containing chemicals rise and are broken down by sunlight, whereupon chlorine reacts with and destroys ozone molecules.