Francis A. Carey
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LOCATION: Charlottesville, VA, United States
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Author of Organic Chemistry and others.
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Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), any of several organic compounds composed of carbon, fluorine, and chlorine. When CFCs also contain hydrogen in place of one or more chlorines, they are called hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or HCFCs. CFCs are also called Freons, a trademark of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours &…
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