hydrofluorocarbon
noun
hy·dro·fluo·ro·car·bon
ˌhī-drō-ˌflȯr-ō-ˈkär-bən 
-ˌflu̇r-
: any of several simple gaseous compounds that contain carbon, fluorine, and hydrogen
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Firstly, like refrigerators, many air conditioners today use a class of coolants called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are harmful greenhouse gases.
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Heather Chen, CNN, 9 June 2023
Solstice also has a minimal atmospheric lifetime (under two weeks compared to the 1.6 years with hydrofluorocarbons and and 80-100 years with traditional chlorofluorocarbons), so your strategic bedhead won’t haunt your descendants.
—Erica Smith, ELLE, 5 Apr. 2023
Increasingly, this is a rare event in environmental policy: exceptions include the recent hydrofluorocarbon legislation (which ratified the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol) and the Great American Outdoors Act.
—Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 4 July 2022
The rule also requires chemical plants to stop emitting all but trace amounts of the most potent hydrofluorocarbon, HFC-23, a greenhouse gas 14,600 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in warming the atmosphere, by October 2022.
—Phil McKenna and James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2021
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Heather Chen, CNN, 9 June 2023
Solstice also has a minimal atmospheric lifetime (under two weeks compared to the 1.6 years with hydrofluorocarbons and and 80-100 years with traditional chlorofluorocarbons), so your strategic bedhead won’t haunt your descendants.
—Erica Smith, ELLE, 5 Apr. 2023
Increasingly, this is a rare event in environmental policy: exceptions include the recent hydrofluorocarbon legislation (which ratified the Kigali amendment to the Montreal Protocol) and the Great American Outdoors Act.
—Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash, Forbes, 4 July 2022
The rule also requires chemical plants to stop emitting all but trace amounts of the most potent hydrofluorocarbon, HFC-23, a greenhouse gas 14,600 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in warming the atmosphere, by October 2022.
—Phil McKenna and James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2021
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“Hydrofluorocarbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrofluorocarbon. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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