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fluorocarbon

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The Cray 2 ran the whole CPU in a tank of inert fluorocarbon liquid.

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a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols

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noun

a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fluorocarbon.

noun

a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols

Example sentences

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The Cray 2 ran the whole CPU in a tank of inert fluorocarbon liquid.

2

So even though it's a fluorocarbon, it's unlikely to cause health problem because it just won't react with your body.

3

It doesn't tell us the poison is harmless to us, and IMO fluorocarbon toxicity in humans has been woefully understudied.

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So many other fluorocarbons are offered as alternatives, ignoring the fact that they probably do the same damage.

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The non-stick aluminium ones die after less than a year and are flaking delicious fluorocarbon chunks into your food the whole time.

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Would fluorocarbons be detectable in a remote spectrogram of the atmosphere at the levels they existed in the earth's atmosphere?

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He ends up with a "list of life chemistries, spanning the temperature range from near red heat down to near absolute zero:1. fluorosilicone in fluorosilicone 2. fluorocarbon in sulfur 3.

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How do you use fluorocarbon in a sentence?

The Cray 2 ran the whole CPU in a tank of inert fluorocarbon liquid.

What does fluorocarbon mean?

a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols

What part of speech is fluorocarbon?

fluorocarbon is commonly used as noun.