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FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON GAS [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Pollutants
  • Climate Change
  • Cryogenics
CONT

... a fluorine gas reference cell ... was used in a spectrometer on the Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE) spacecraft to measure the amount of fluorinated hydrocarbon gas (freon) in the earth's upper atmosphere. This HALOE experiment was important, because it proved that fluorinated hydrocarbons are present in significant quantities in the upper atmosphere and that freon causes damage to the ozone layer ...

CONT

Most industrial and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning units use a fluorinated hydrocarbon gas such as trichloromonofluoromethane (CC1(3)F) as a refrigerant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents de pollution
  • Changements climatiques
  • Cryogénie

Spanish

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