fluorochemical
Americannoun
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The researchers collected 53 produce samples from five residential gardens located near the fluorochemical manufacturer Fayetteville Works in Fayetteville, N.C.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
While the exact cause of this decline is unclear, researchers suspect that interventions implemented to reduce air emissions at the nearby fluorochemical manufacturer might have played a role.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024
It should be possible, says Dr. Nelson W. Taylor, manager of Minnesota Mining's fluorochemical department, to make fluorochemical substitutes for all the 100,000-odd organic compounds, from TNT to DDT, that chemists have synthesized so far.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the new fluorochemical has different and sometimes remarkable properties.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small amount of the proper fluorochemical makes a solution "wetter."
From Time Magazine Archive
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