Freon
a brand name for any of a class of liquid or gaseous fluorocarbon or chlorofluorocarbon products, used chiefly as refrigerants.
Words Nearby Freon
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use Freon in a sentence
That changed with the introduction of Freon and other chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs for short, which were created by chemists in the 1920s.
Materials of the last century shaped modern life, but at a price | Carolyn Wilke | January 28, 2022 | Science NewsYou profile Sam Schiller, who is in the business of tracking, reclaiming, and destroying this refrigerant, Freon, that is technically illegal to produce.
Non-toxic and non-explosive, Freon was hailed as a “miracle.”
AC Feels Great, But It’s Terrible for the Planet. Here’s How to Fix That | Eric Dean Wilson | June 30, 2021 | TimeFrom Freon to HFCs, we keep replacing chemical refrigerants without taking a hard look at why we’re cooling in the first place.
AC Feels Great, But It’s Terrible for the Planet. Here’s How to Fix That | Eric Dean Wilson | June 30, 2021 | Time
British Dictionary definitions for Freon
/ (ˈfriːɒn) /
trademark any of a group of chemically unreactive chlorofluorocarbons used as aerosol propellants, refrigerants, and solvents
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse