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  • noun Plural form of halon.

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  • In addition to CFCs, the protocol covers substances such as halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), methyl bromide and bromochloromethane.

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 2 2007

  • The reclassification implied that the status quo on ODPs already phased out, such as halons, CFCs and carbon tetrachloride, would be unchanged.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • The loss comes despite the U.N. ozone treaty, known as the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which has resulted in cutbacks in ozone-damaging chemicals, such as chlorofluorocarbons, halons and other, that were used in the making of refrigerators, air conditioners, fire extinguishers and even hairspray.

    Ozone layer faces record loss over Arctic 2011

  • The loss comes despite the U.N. ozone treaty, known as the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which has resulted in cutbacks in ozone-damaging chemicals, such as chlorofluorocarbons, halons and other, that were used in the making of refrigerators, air conditioners, fire extinguishers and even hairspray.

    Ozone layer faces record loss over Arctic 2011

  • By using ceiling fans and a heat chimney to promote air movement, the building requires no air conditioning, lowering energy needs and eliminating emissions of CFCs and halons.

    Doing Business in a Green Office Building 2008

  • The HO, O1D or Cl, or Br from photodissociation of halons, reacts with methane, CH4, to produce methyl radicals, CH3.

    Passing Gas EliRabett 2010

  • Growth and distribution of halons in the atmosphere.

    Factors affecting arctic ozone variability in the Arctic 2009

  • Parties to the Montreal Protocol agreed to phase out CFCs, halons and carbon tetrachloride by 2000, and methyl chloroforms by 2005.

    Threats to atmospheric resources in Africa 2008

  • Although consumed in much smaller quantities than CFCs, halons posed, molecule-for-molecule, an even greater threat to the ozone layer.

    Science, diplomacy, and the Montreal Protocol 2007

  • And achieving this gradual recuperation -- a process that would in any event take decades -- would require eliminating all CFCs, halons, methyl chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride, as well as strictly limiting future reliance on the HCFCs.

    Science, diplomacy, and the Montreal Protocol 2007

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