Sentences with phrase «including halons»
But he urges continued monitoring of other harmful and long - lived compounds still in use, including halons with bromine that are present in fire extinguishers.
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These include methane, nitrous oxide («laughing gas»), halons, methyl bromide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are notorious as «ozone killers» because they play a major role in ozone depletion in the polar regions.
The countries that have signed the Montreal Protocol have agreed to ban some of the most destructive chemicals, including CFCs and halons, much earlier than originally planned.
Other GHGs include HCFCs, other hydrocarbons, and halons.
Other classes of GHGs are included in the Montreal Protocol for Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and its subsequent amendments and are the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, and chlorine - and bromine - containing (halogenated) solvents (methyl chloroform (CH3CCl3), carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), bromochloromethane (CH2BrCl), etc.).
According to NASA, the major GHG's are: «Atmospheric gases that cause this effect include water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) and flourinated (high global warming potential gases, as well as halons).