hydrobromofluorocarbon
English
Etymology
hydro- + bromo- + fluoro- + carbon
Noun
hydrobromofluorocarbon (plural hydrobromofluorocarbons)
- (organic chemistry) A halocarbon which contain hydrogen, bromine and fluorine; they are used as refrigerants, and have ODP (“ozone depleting potential”).
Synonyms
- HBFC (abbreviation)
Hypernyms
- HBFCs (“hydrobromofluorocarbons”) (the class of chemicals of all HBFC chemicals)
- ODS (“ozone depleting substance”)
- bromofluorocarbon
- hydrofluorocarbon
- hydrobromocarbon
- hydrocarbon
- fluorocarbon
- bromocarbon
- organic compound
Derived terms
- HBFC (abbreviation)
- HBFCs (group noun)
Related terms
- hydrochlorofluorocarbon (“HCFC”)
- chlorofluorocarbon (“CFC”)
- bromofluorocarbon (“BFC”)
- hydrofluorocarbon (“HFC”)
- hydrobromocarbon (“HBC”)
- hydrocarbon (“HC”)
- fluorocarbon (“FC”)
- bromocarbon (“BC”)
- carbon (“C”)
- fluorine (“F”)
- bromine (“Br”)
- hydrogen (“H”)