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PRONUNCIATION OF PERFLUOROCARBON

perfluorocarbon  [pəˌflʊərəʊˈkɑːbən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERFLUOROCARBON

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Perfluorocarbon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERFLUOROCARBON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fluorocarbon

Fluorocarbons, sometimes referred to as perfluorocarbons or PFCs, are, strictly speaking, organofluorine compounds with the formula CxFy, i.e. they contain only carbon and fluorine, though the terminology is not strictly followed. Compounds with the prefix perfluoro- are hydrocarbons, including those with heteroatoms, wherein all C-H bonds have been replaced by C-F bonds. Fluorocarbons and their derivatives are useful fluoropolymers, refrigerants, solvents, anesthetics.

Definition of perfluorocarbon in the English dictionary

The definition of perfluorocarbon in the dictionary is a fluorocarbon consisting only of fluorine and carbon atoms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERFLUOROCARBON


auburn
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Banaban
bəˈnɑːbən
bourbon
ˈbɜːbən
carbon
ˈkɑːbən
chlorofluorocarbon
ˌklɔːrəˌflʊərəʊˈkɑːbən
corban
ˈkɔːbən
Cuban
ˈkjuːbən
Durban
ˈdɜːbən
fluorocarbon
ˌflʊərəʊˈkɑːbən
graben
ˈɡrɑːbən
halocarbon
ˌhæləʊˈkɑːbən
hydrocarbon
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈkɑːbən
interurban
ˌɪntərˈɜːbən
multicarbon
ˌmʌltɪˈkɑːbən
radiocarbon
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈkɑːbən
Schwaben
ˈʃvaːbən
suburban
səˈbɜːbən
Theban
ˈθiːbən
turban
ˈtɜːbən
urban
ˈɜːbən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERFLUOROCARBON

perfervor
perfervour
perficient
perfidies
perfidious
perfidiously
perfidiousness
perfidy
perfin
perfing
perfoliate
perfoliation
perforable
perforans
perforant
perforate
perforated
perforated tape
perforated ulcer
perforation

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERFLUOROCARBON

activated carbon
active carbon
Ambon
Audubon
blue ribbon
bonbon
carbon ribbon
Casaubon
Cheribon
Cirebon
ebon
fabric ribbon
flame carbon
Gabon
gibbon
Lisbon
Ratisbon
ribbon
Tjirebon
Twibbon

Synonyms and antonyms of perfluorocarbon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «perfluorocarbon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERFLUOROCARBON

Find out the translation of perfluorocarbon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of perfluorocarbon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «perfluorocarbon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全氟化碳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perfluorocarbono
570 millions of speakers

English

perfluorocarbon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

perfluorocarbon
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهيدروكربون المشبع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перфторуглерод
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perfluorocarbono
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পারফ্ল্যুরোকার্বন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

perfluorocarbone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perfluorocarbon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Perfluorkohlenstoffs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペルフルオロカーボン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퍼플 루오로 카본
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perfluorocarbon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

perfluorocarbon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

perfluorocarbon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिफ्लोरोकार्बन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

perflorokarbonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perfluorocarburi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

perfluorowęglowodór
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Перфторвуглеці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

perfluorocarbură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερφθοροκαρβονίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perfluorocarbon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

perfluorkarbon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

perfluorkarbon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of perfluorocarbon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERFLUOROCARBON»

The term «perfluorocarbon» is normally little used and occupies the 120.709 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of perfluorocarbon
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERFLUOROCARBON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «perfluorocarbon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «perfluorocarbon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about perfluorocarbon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERFLUOROCARBON»

Discover the use of perfluorocarbon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to perfluorocarbon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Vitreo-retinal Surgery: Progress III
Comaratta MR, Chang S (1991) Perfluorocarbon liquids in the management of complicated retinal detachments. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2(3):291–298 13. Han DP, Rychwalski PJ, Mieler WF, Abrams GW (1994) Management of complex retinal ...
Stanislao Rizzo, Fabio Patelli, David Chow, 2008
2
Blood: Principles and Practice of Hematology
Four types of products are under development: perfluorocarbon compounds, cell- free hemoglobin from humans, cell-free hemoglobin from animals, particularly bovine hemoglobin, and liposome-encapsulated hemoglobin. Hemoglobin ...
Robert I. Handin, Samuel E. Lux, Thomas P. Stossel, 2003
3
Ophthalmology
Perfluorocarbon liquids are useful as an intraoperative mechanical tool. The various perfluorocarbon liquids currently used in vitreous surgery have different physical and optical properties. Perfluoro-u- octane, because of the better visibility it ...
Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, 2009
4
Modern Ophthalmology: The Highlights
Among the perfluorocarbon liquids that have been described for treating complicated retinal detachments and giant retinal tears, Chang prefers to use perfluoro-n-octane because of its physical properties, its greater visibility during surgery, ...
Benjamin F. Boyd, Boyd, 2011
5
Clinical Ophthalmology
Fine preretinal membranes are more easily identified under the perfluorocarbon liquid. Diligent attempt must be made to remove all the membranes. In most cases of giant retinal tear with significant proliferative vitreoretinopathy, one ends up ...
Sandeep Saxena, 2011
6
Computational Models of Risks to Infrastructure
Dejan Skanata, Daniel M. Byrd. 2.1. Perfluorocarbon Tracers Perfluorocarbon tracers are colorless, odorless compounds that consist of a carbon and fluorine atoms joined by covalent single bonds. The tracers used in MSG05 and MID05 are ...
Dejan Skanata, Daniel M. Byrd, 2007
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Retina
6. Post-operative prone positioning should theoretically lower the chances of recurrent fold formation. SUBRETINAL PERFLUOROCARBON Carl Claes MD A 35-year-old man was referred 1 week after vitrectomy surgery for macula off retinal ...
Stephen J. Ryan, Andrew P. Schachat, Charles P. Wilkinson, 2012
8
Phaco Nightmares: Conquering Cataract Catastrophes
Perfluorocarbon. Liquid. High density, inert behavior, and low viscosity are unique properties of perfluorocarbon liquid that allow its use as an elegant surgical tool for removing dislocated lens fragments with minimal instrumentation in a safe ...
Amar Agarwal, 2006
9
Separation Technology: The Next Ten Years
The perfluorocarbon can be wetted in the presence of fluorosurfactants which adsorb to the perfluorocarbon. By attaching a triazine dye molecule to the fluorosurfactant, an affinity ligand is constructed. The perfluorocarbon emulsion is formed ...
John Garside, Institution of Chemical Engineers (Great Britain), 1994
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Specialist Surfactants
For the present limited discussion, we focus on the values of ff estimated for hydrocarbon and perfluorocarbon surfactant mixtures and whether phase separation of separate populations of micelles occurs. Experimental values of fi have been ...
I.D. Robb, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERFLUOROCARBON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term perfluorocarbon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tenax Therapeutics (TENX) Releases Earnings Results, Misses …
The Company is also developing Oxycyte, a systemic perfluorocarbon, or PFC, product, which is oxygen carrier for use in situations of acute ... «sleekmoney, Jul 15»
2
High temperature elastomers market projected to reach $11 billion …
... by Type (Silicone Elastomers, Fluorsilicone Elastomers, Perfluorocarbon Elastomers, Fluorocarbon Elastomers and Others), & by Geography. «WhaTech, Jul 15»
3
Short Interest Update of Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:TENX)
The Company is developing Oxycyte, a systemic perfluorocarbon (PFC). In addition, it has developed a family of perfluorocarbon-based oxygen ... «The Daily Rover, Jul 15»
4
Vitreous Tamponades Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share …
The liquid tamponades segment has been further sub-segmented into silicone oil and perfluorocarbon liquids. The gaseous tamponades ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
5
Company Shares of Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. Rally 1.36%
The Company is developing Oxycyte, a systemic perfluorocarbon (PFC). In addition, it has developed a family of perfluorocarbon-based oxygen ... «News Watch International, Jul 15»
6
Modern surgery successfully repairs rhegmatogenous retinal …
... of at least 3 clock hours who underwent repair with 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy with perfluorocarbon liquid and intravitreal tamponade. «Healio, Jul 15»
7
Company Shares of Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. Drops by -0.27%
The Company is developing Oxycyte, a systemic perfluorocarbon (PFC). In addition, it has developed a family of perfluorocarbon-based oxygen ... «The Daily Rover, Jun 15»
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NuvOx Pharma Files Patent Application with University of Pittsburgh …
... this perfluorocarbon is known to carry large payloads of oxygen in the ... Effects of Perfluorocarbon Dodecafluoropentane (NVX-108) on ... «PR Web, Jun 15»
9
Solvay Consultants Attack Panel's Recommended Limit for …
PFNA is one of the PFC (Perfluorocarbon) family of chemicals that are used in consumer products such as textile coatings and food packaging, ... «NJ Spotlight, Jun 15»
10
Echa experts discuss bioaccumulation benchmarking for …
The group advised that perfluorocarbon bioaccumulation benchmarking should be considered by comparing the information on mammalian ... «Chemical Watch, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Perfluorocarbon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/perfluorocarbon>. May 2024 ».
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