CFK
Alternative form of CFC, a class of molecules containing chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms
Noun
- Alternative form of CFC, a class of molecules containing chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms
- Installation for replacing CFKs using Recticel LBL2 technology in the manufacture of insulating plates. - 1989, Commissariaat-Generaal voor de Internationale Samenwerking, Flanders - Issues 1-12, page 6:
- Sprays demolished by CFKs. - 1990, Stichting tot Bevordering van het Onderzoek in de Economische Wetenschappen, Economic Sciences in the Netherlands, ECOZOEK, page 159:
- For instance, measures taken against computers the chips of which, in some countries, are cleaned with CFKs, thus damaging the ozone layer. - 1996, European Environmental Law Review, volume 5, Graham & Trotman/Martinus...
Origin
Generally inserted in English texts by mostly Dutch speakers who assume the initialism for chloorfluorkoolstofverbinding is also CFK in English. As carbon is spelled with a C and koolstof with a K, the initialisms are also different.