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Ozone enemy: abbr
Answer for the clue "Ozone enemy: abbr ", 3 letters:
cfc
Alternative clues for the word cfc
- Ozone-depleter, briefly
- Ozone-depleting chemical (abbr.)
- Environmental hazard, for short
- Aerosol spray chemical
- Ozone hazard, for short
- Ozone layer depleter, briefly
- Banned pollutant, for short
- Ozone-depleting compound, in brief
- Ozone layer pollutant: abbr
- Compound once used as aerosol propellant: Abbr
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.