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What were CFCs used for?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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They were used as refrigerants,air conditioners, propellants for aerosols, for generating foamed plastics like expanded polystyrene or polyurethane foam, and as solvents for dry cleaning and for general degreasing purposes.

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These chemicals were used as refrigerants in air conditioners and refrigerators / freezers. They were used as propellants in cleaners, room deodorizers, furniture polishes, hair spray, perfumes and more. They were used as blowing agents in the production of styrofoam, foam rubber, and more.

CFCs replaced chemicals that were either toxic, highly flammable, highly reactive, or all of the above. It wasn't thought about that their stability would allow them to accumulate in the atmosphere. And it wasn't known that once they survived to reach the upper atmosphere, the payload of the molecule chlorine... (and bromine for the firefighting chemcial halon) would be scissioned off to act as a long lasting photocatalyst for the destruction of ozone.

Nature also throws chlorine into the air, but 82% of the chlorine bearing molecules in the upper atmosphere are Man-sourced.

Ok, for people in Chemistry heres the question that was meant to be answered,

(What are CFC's? How are they used?) Answer ::

- a chemical that consists of chlorine, fluorine and carbon.

-the first self-contained home air-conditioning units and eight million new refrigerators in United States, and plastic foams and propellants in spray cans used CFC's.

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Its used in the compressors of refrigerators and air-conditioners.

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cleansing agents for electronic components, coolants for air conditioners, foaming agents for the manufacture of insulating materials and so on

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10y ago

Humans use CFC's for various purposes. Some of them are refrigerators, deodorants, spray cans etc. It is mostly used as a coolant.

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CFC's are used as coolants. They are used in deodorants, Ac's, spray cans etc.

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Today, relatively few, as they have been phased out of their two most common uses due to concern for the environment. Their most common uses were as refrigerants and propellants.

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People use CFC's in various day to day life products. These products include deodorants, Ac's etc.

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