CFK

Meaning

Noun

Alternative of CFC, a class of molecules containing chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms

Origin

Generally inserted in English texts by mostly Dutch speakers who assume the initialism for chloorfluorkoolstofverbinding is also CFK in English. As carbon is spelled with a C and koolstof with a K, the initialisms are also different.

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