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Article: A Changing Fluorocarbons Market Sees Healthy Growth.(Statistical Data Included)
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- Chemical Market Reporter
- Article date:
- May 21, 2001
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Foam-blowing agents are the only shadow in an otherwise bright picture.
The constraints imposed by the Montreal Protocol have become an accustomed part of the fluorocarbon market, which is growing at a healthy pace, except for foam-blowing applications. There, the imminent demise of the hydrochlorofluorocarbon HCFC-14lb will lead to non-fluorocarbon substitutions, falling demand and uncertainty. Polymer precursors, however, offer a bright spot, as the expiration of patents on fluoropolymers such as Teflon has sent consumption soaring. In air conditioning and refrigeration, the transition of automotive to the hydrofluorocarbon HFC-134a is working its way through ...