perfluorocarbonn.
/pəˈflʊərə(ʊ)ˌkɑːb(ə)n/, /pəˈflɔːrə(ʊ)ˌkɑːb(ə)n/, U.S. /pərˈflʊroʊˌkɑrb(ə)n/, /pərˈflɔroʊˌkɑrb(ə)n/ Chemistry.
Any of a series of binary compounds of carbon and fluorine, analogous to hydrocarbons.
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tetrachlorethane1871
pentachloroethane1872
trichloroethylene1889
Freon1932
tetrafluoroethylene1933
fluorocarbon1937
perfluorocarbon1947
heptachlor1949
tetrachlorodibenzodioxin1959
TCDD1971
CFC1976
1947 Industr. & Engin. Chem. Mar. 292/1 Until October 1941 no practical general method for the synthesis of perfluorocarbons had been reported in the literature.
1972 Materials & Technol. IV. vii. 231 The perfluorocarbons are synthesized either by direct fluorination using elemental fluorine or by vapour phase fluorination techniques using hydrogen fluoride and a suitable catalyst.
2002 Wired Aug. 111/1 Oxygen and CO2 can be dissolved directly into droplets of liquid perfluorocarbon, which holds and releases the two gases about as efficiently as hemoglobin does.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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