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Ozone-threatening compound
Answer for the clue "Ozone-threatening compound ", 3 letters:
cfc
Alternative clues for the word cfc
- Ozone threatener (Abbr.)
- Ozone layer pollutant, briefly
- Environmental hazard, for short
- Compound once used as aerosol propellant: Abbr
- Phased-out refrigerant compound
- Ozone depleter, briefly
- Ozone hazard, for short
- Ozone layer pollutant
- Ozone layer pollutant, for short
- Banned aerosol propellant, for short
Usage examples of cfc.
With an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny, he invented chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs.
Our technology has produced thalidomide, CFCs, Agent Orange, nerve gas, pollution of air and water, species extinctions, and industries so powerful they can ruin the climate of the planet.
Glacier retreats in Antarctica, and higher albedos in Africa, and CFCs in the ozone, and that permanent hitch in the ENSO cycle, and the solar variation .
Chemically inert, nontoxic (in ordinary concentrations), odorless, tasteless, non-allergenic, nonflammable, CFCs represent a brilliant technical solution to a well-defined practical problem.