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Perfluorocarbon vs Hydrofluorocarbon - What's the difference?

perfluorocarbon | hydrofluorocarbon |

As nouns the difference between perfluorocarbon and hydrofluorocarbon

is that perfluorocarbon is (organic compound) any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing each hydrogen atom with one of fluorine while hydrofluorocarbon is a haloalkane composed entirely of carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine.

perfluorocarbon

English

Noun

(wikipedia perfluorocarbon) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing each hydrogen atom with one of fluorine

    • hydrofluorocarbon

    English

    (wikipedia hydrofluorocarbon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A haloalkane composed entirely of carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine.

    • Synonyms

    * (haloalkane) HFC