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Also known as fluorocarbon, fluorocarbons

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Has part
carbon
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topic's main category
Category:Fluorocarbons
Commons category
Perfluorocarbons
contributing factor of
ozone depletion
has characteristic
hydrophobe
different from
hydrofluorocarbon
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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections
Contents
  • Nomenclature
  • Perfluoroalkanes
  • Chemical properties
  • Flammability
  • Gas dissolving properties
  • Manufacture
  • Fowler process
  • Electrochemical fluorination
  • Environmental and health concerns
  • Applications
  • Fluoroalkenes and fluoroalkynes
  • Polymerization
  • Environmental and health concerns
  • Perfluoroaromatic compounds
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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Fluorocarbons are chemical compounds with carbon-fluorine bonds. Compounds that contain many C-F bonds often have distinctive properties, e.g., enhanced stability, volatility, and hydrophobicity. Several fluorocarbons and their derivatives are commercial polymers, refrigerants, drugs, and anesthetics.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “perfluorocarbon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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