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But Are Greenhouse Gases But Are Greenhouse Gases: Alternatives

CFCs were widely used as refrigerants and propellants due to their chemical stability, lack of toxicity, and low boiling points. However, they are greenhouse gases that damage the ozone layer when broken down in the atmosphere. While HCFCs and HFCs were introduced as alternatives, they still contribute to climate change. Alkanes have emerged as preferable replacements because they do not contain chlorine.

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But Are Greenhouse Gases But Are Greenhouse Gases: Alternatives

CFCs were widely used as refrigerants and propellants due to their chemical stability, lack of toxicity, and low boiling points. However, they are greenhouse gases that damage the ozone layer when broken down in the atmosphere. While HCFCs and HFCs were introduced as alternatives, they still contribute to climate change. Alkanes have emerged as preferable replacements because they do not contain chlorine.

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They are

chemically
stable,
But are odourless,
greenhouse non-
CFCs are gases toxic, non-
estimated But are flammable,
to have a greenhouse easily
lifetime in the H-C bonds are gases compressed,
troposphere of broken in the have low
approximately troposphere boiling points
before they HCFCs Do not contain
100 years. and HFCs Alkanes (evaporate
have a chance chlorine efficiently)
to reach the and have low
They are also
stratosphere. freezing points
reformed, CCl3F + hv -
leading to a > CClF + Cl so they don't
chain reaction.
Alternatives turn into solids
very easily.
Some of them
reached the They were
The problems History of CFCs
stratosphere
with CFCs CFCs first use in
and began to the 1930s.
photodissociate.

This makes
Huge amounts them very
of CFCs useful as
were used, refridgerents.
putting lots
of Cl radicals
into the Also,
stratosphere. propellents in
aerosol cans,
as blowing
agents for
expanded
polystyrene
and as dry
cleaning
solvents.

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