Assertion: chlorofluorocarbon | /r/ObjectUse | used as refrigerant
Facets:
value: commonly
type: TEMPORAL
value: widely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Also discovered a chlorofluorocarbon (marketed as Freon-12) could be used as a refrigerant
text: CFCs are commonly used as refrigerants, solvents, and foam blowing agents.
text: Other greenhouse gases include methane —which comes from such sources as landfills, the natural gas industry, and gas emitted by livestock—and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants until they were banned in the late 1980s because of their deteriorating effect on Earth's ozone layer.
text: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were once used in aerosols, refrigerators, air conditioners, foam food packaging, and fire extinguishers.
text: Chlorofluorocarbons ( CFC s), carbon tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform are important human-produced ozone-depleting gases that have been used in many applications including refrigeration, air conditioning, foam blowing, cleaning of electronics components, and as solvents.
text: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are halogenated hydrocarbons that are used as refrigerants, but lead to ozone depletion.
text: Pollutants also include chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), were widely used as refrigerants and aerosol propellants.
text: CFCs are commonly used as refrigerants, solvents, and foam blowing agents.