fluorochlorohydrocarbon

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What does fluorochlorohydrocarbon mean?

Any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing some hydrogen atoms with fluorine and some with chlorine, (More commonly known as hydrochlorofluorocarbon)

Where does fluorochlorohydrocarbon come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- English chloro- English hydrocarbon English fluorochlorohydrocarbon From fluoro- + chloro- + hydrocarbon.

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