1. Special nomenclature
Fluoroalkanes are more or less fluorinated derivatives of the corresponding chloroalkanes (mainly chloroethanes and chloromethanes).
They are generally designated by the letter R (for "refrigerant"), sometimes by the letter F (for "fluorocarbon"), followed by a code number obtained in the following way:
the units correspond to the number of fluorine atoms in the molecule;
the tens digit corresponds to the number of hydrogen atoms plus one;
the hundreds digit corresponds to the number of carbon atoms minus one.
R22 designates difluorochloromethane or CHClF 2 .
These rules are supplemented...
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Figure 1 illustrates the trends in worldwide production of fluoroalkanes, as reconstituted by the Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study (AFEAS): these are based on data reported by the manufacturing companies that responded to the...
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