perfluorocarbon

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English

Etymology

From per- +‎ fluoro- +‎ carbon.

Noun

perfluorocarbon (plural perfluorocarbons)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing each hydrogen atom with one of fluorine; used as refrigerants, solvents, and anesthetics.
    Synonyms: PFC, fluorocarbon
    • 2016 January 14, Jessica Hall, “Nanoengineers build 'microcannons' that fire light-up bullets filled with drugs”, in ExtremeTech‎:
      Then they backed the membrane with a gel matrix containing a perfluorocarbon (PFC) propellant and fluorescent "nanobullets" about a micron wide, and hit it with ultrasound.

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