Usage of Term
The formal IUPAC definition of a fluorocarbon is a molecule consisting wholly of fluorine and carbon. However, other fluorocarbon based molecules that are not technically fluorocarbons are commonly referred to as fluorocarbons, because of similar structures and identical properties. Compounds with atoms other than carbon and fluorine are not true fluorocarbons and they are considered as fluorocarbon derivatives in a separate section below.
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