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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
fluorinate . - adjective chemistry Treated or reacted with
fluorine orhydrofluoric acid . - adjective chemistry Formally derived from another
compound by thereplacement of one or more atoms ofhydrogen with fluorine.
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Examples
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They may also come from breakdown of another compound called fluorinated telomers, which are compounds used as coating for commercial food packaging, factory treatments for fabrics and carpets, and manufacturer pretreatment for stain0resistant clothing.
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CO2 is the major contributor to climate change, but climate forcers such as black carbon, ozone and fluorinated gases f-gases can offer dramatic reductions in temperature increases -- and provide us with swift results.
James Thornton: F-Gases: An Essential Landmark for Europe's Low-Carbon Roadmap James Thornton 2011
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More Supreme Court Decisions High Court Sides With Wal-Mart in Bias Case Supreme Court Rejects Wyeth Appeal Many scientists say the principal greenhouse gases that enter the atmosphere because of human activities—carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases—trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming.
Court Blocks States' Greenhouse-Gas Suit Jess Bravin 2011
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More Supreme Court Decisions High Court Sides With Wal-Mart in Bias Case Supreme Court Rejects Wyeth Appeal Many scientists say the principal greenhouse gases that enter the atmosphere because of human activities—carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases—trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming.
Court Blocks States' Greenhouse-Gas Suit Jess Bravin 2011
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In this fantasyland of conspiracy and fear of mind-control via fluorinated water, the president is the amazing beneficiary of the most prescient plot in human history - next to the invention of the hot dog centuries prior to the creation of baseball.
Cliff Schecter: Donald Trump's Not Running; But Trumpism Still Is Cliff Schecter 2011
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Another group of abused products are the fluorinated hydrocarbons or freons.
Freon Abuse 2010
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More Supreme Court Decisions High Court Sides With Wal-Mart in Bias Case Supreme Court Rejects Wyeth Appeal Many scientists say the principal greenhouse gases that enter the atmosphere because of human activities—carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases—trap heat in the atmosphere and contribute to global warming.
Court Blocks States' Greenhouse-Gas Suit Jess Bravin 2011
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CO2 is the major contributor to climate change, but climate forcers such as black carbon, ozone and fluorinated gases f-gases can offer dramatic reductions in temperature increases -- and provide us with swift results.
James Thornton: F-Gases: An Essential Landmark for Europe's Low-Carbon Roadmap James Thornton 2011
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In this fantasyland of conspiracy and fear of mind-control via fluorinated water, the president is the amazing beneficiary of the most prescient plot in human history - next to the invention of the hot dog centuries prior to the creation of baseball.
Cliff Schecter: Donald Trump's Not Running; But Trumpism Still Is Cliff Schecter 2011
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So how about we objectively screen expectant mothers for "postpartum conditions" and give them "medications," fluorinated and chlorinated SSRIs and dopamine 2 antagonists ( "antipsychotic medications") and benzos.
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