Concept information
Preferred term
Freon
Definition
- THE NAME FREON is a brand name trademarked originally by the DuPont Corporation that refers to several chemical compounds in the form of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were widely used as refrigerating agents prior to the discovery that they had a role in depleting the ozone layer. The various Freon compounds are stable, odorless, nonflammable and have a low boiling point. [Source: Encyclopedia of Cancer and Society; Freon]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Freon
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