chlorofluorocarbon

Composé de chloro- (même sens), de fluoro- (même sens) et de carbon (« carbone »)

chlorofluorocarbon \Prononciation ?\

1. (Chimie) Chloroflurocarbure, chlorofluorocarbone.
   • But according to leading climate scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan — credited with discovering that chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are actually a greenhouse gas, among other major findings — a new study this week showing that clouds already are shifting their distributions across the Earth, and in a way predicted by climate change models, stands out. And not in a good way.— (Chris Mooney ‘The most singular of all the things that we have found': Clouds study alarms scientists, The Washington Post, le 14 juillet 2016)

• chlorofluorocarbon sur l’encyclopédie Wikipédia (en anglais)