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Also Known As	halogenated hydrocarbon

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

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Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday

British physicist and chemist