A History of the Discovery of Chlorofluorocarbons (1185 words, 5 pages)
Chloroflourocarbons were discovered in the 1920s by ThomasMidgley, an organic chemist at General Motors Corporation. He was looking for inert,non-toxic, non-flammable compounds with low boiling points that could be used asrefrigerants. He found what he was looking for in the form of two compoundsdichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) and trichloromonoflouromethane (CFC-11). In bothcompounds, ...
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