chlorocarbon

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A chemical made from carbon and chlorine

noun
/ˌklɔːrəˈkɑːrbən/

Specialized

: clorocarbono

It is true that Splenda is simply chlorinated sugar—a chlorocarbon.

Examples

For these reasons, current international agreements call for the phaseout of HCFCs by 2020, although, like previous chlorocarbon phaseout targets, this one might also be moved forward.

Academic text (1993)
Chlorocarbons would still be eliminated, and costs might be substantially lower.

Academic text (1993)
Food-grade chlorocarbons like Splenda will not break up or dissociate in the human body, nor do they remain in the body; they are simply passed as waste.

Blog text (22)
To expand the area served by the existing district heating system in Toronto, add cogeneration, and create a chlorocarbon-free district cooling system all expeditiously, the Toronto District Heating Corporation (TDHC) issued a request for proposals from the private sector to purchase TDHC from the city and carry out the needed investments, which could reach $1 billion if the service area is doubled.

Academic text (1993)
A chlorocarbon is a type of chemical compound that contains both carbon and chlorine atoms.
The company is developing new products that do not include any chlorocarbon compounds.
Researchers discovered that chlorocarbons can be harmful to the environment when released into the atmosphere.

Surface Forms

chlorocarbon singular

chlorocarbons plural

Morphology

chlorocarbon = carbon (transparent) = chloro + carbon

The word is directly formed by the chemical prefix 'chloro-' meaning containing chlorine plus the common element 'carbon', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word chlorocarbon comes from chloro-, a Greek root meaning 'green' that we see in chlorine, and carbon, the element 'carbon'. So a chlorocarbon is a chemical made of both carbon and chlorine atoms.