hy·dro·chlor·o·fluor·o·car·bon

(hī′drə-klôr′ə-flo͝or′ə-kär′bən, -flôr′-)

n. Abbr. HCFC

Any of a group of organic compounds that contain carbon, chlorine, fluorine, and hydrogen, used as refrigerants and in other products in place of chlorofluorocarbons.

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Noun

hydrochlorofluorocarbon - a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere

HCFC

CFC, chlorofluorocarbon - a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans; "the chlorine in CFCs causes depletion of atmospheric ozone"

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Other refrigerants -- namely, hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-123 -- have shown an efficiency advantage of 3 to 5 percent, when compared with HFC-134a.

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Makide said the survey found that the density of three CFC-alternative gases -- hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)-134a, and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-141b and HCFC-142b -- was higher at all locations since 1995.

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One Regulation covers hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) import quotas, amending the reference dates used to calculate quotas.

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