How to Use hydrofluorocarbon in a Sentence

hydrofluorocarbon

noun
  • Although not well known, its aim is to phase out the use of potent greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons, which are used widely in air conditioning systems.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2019
  • Common in all these machines are hydrofluorocarbons, a type of industrial chemical used for cooling.
    — Chase Purdy, Quartz, 26 July 2019
  • The long-lasting refrigerants used in air conditioners and freezers called hydrofluorocarbons account for a tiny portion of greenhouse gas emissions.
    — National Geographic, 15 Dec. 2016
  • In October, countries across the globe agreed to collectively phase out hydrofluorocarbons and reduce pollution from airplanes.
    — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 8 May 2017
  • The tiff concerns a multilateral effort to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • As part of Peter’s effort to address climate change, the lawmaker recently introduced a bill that would address so called super pollutants, such as methane and hydrofluorocarbon.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
  • In 2016, world leaders struck a deal to phase out the use of a class of chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, as coolants in refrigerators and air conditioners.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Coolants most commonly used in American refrigerators and air-conditioning units are hydrofluorocarbons — greenhouse gases that are often thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide.
    — Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2020
  • This funding is crucial to help poor countries not only eliminate the last ozone-damaging chemicals but also to leapfrog cheap replacement chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
    — National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The legislation would target emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, refrigerant chemicals that are potent greenhouse gases.
    — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2020
  • One concerns ways to control methane leaks from oil-and-gas production; the other concerns plans to decrease hydrofluorocarbon emissions, through both federal standards and participation in an international agreement known as the Kigali Amendment.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
  • In addition to making air conditioners more efficient, there’s an urgent need to replace the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants that most air conditioners still use, despite global efforts to phase out the chemicals.
    — Emily Underwood, Scientific American, 23 June 2021
  • Wheeler signed Wednesday a final rule eliminating the leak repair regulations for hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are refrigerant chemicals that warm the atmosphere hundreds of times faster than carbon dioxide.
    — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The current generation of refrigerants (hydrofluorocarbons or HFCs) has little effect on the ozone layer but unfortunately contributes heavily to the greenhouse effect.
    — Carine Sebi, Quartz, 27 Aug. 2019

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