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- noun organic chemistry A dihalogenoalkane in which two of the four
hydrogen atoms ofmethane are replaced byfluorine , used as arefrigerant .
Etymologies
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difluoro + methane
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The team used supercritical CO2, which is a fairly judgemental gas, mixed with difluoromethane (CH2F2) to form single-phase supercritical fluids that dissolved copper, silver, and cobalt organometallic complexes.
Atomic 2009
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