It is common for the foam manufacturing industry to use blowing agents that
contain hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) which have high global warming potentials.
Not exact matches
Researchers are actively pursuing diverse materials — including iron - and phosphorous -
containing compounds and
hydrofluorocarbons — with the ability to inhibit flames.
Manufacturers have introduced new families of chemicals
containing no chlorine or bromine, called
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), that have physical properties similar to the halons and no ozone depletion potential.
-- Concentrations of many of the fluorine -
containing Kyoto Protocol gases (
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons, SF6) have increased by large factors (between 4.3 and 1.3) between 1998 and 2005.