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Also Known As	halogenated hydrocarbon

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aryl halide vinylic halide alkyl halide fluorocarbon hydrofluorocarbon polychlorinated biphenyl trichloroethylene benzene hexachloride tetrachloroethylene chlorobenzene halon dioxin DDT chlorophenol Freon tear gas phosgene chlordane aldrin cyanogen halide

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Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday

British physicist and chemist