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how to use hcf in our daily life

Answer 1

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Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), any of several organic compounds composed of hydrogen, fluorine, and carbon. HFCs are produced synthetically and are used primarily as refrigerants. They became widely used for this purpose beginning in the late 1980s, with the introduction of the Montreal Protocol, which phased out the use of chemicals such as halons and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that contribute to the depletion of Earth’s ozone layer. However, while HFCs have an ozone depletion potential of zero, they are potent greenhouse gases, and thus their manufacture and use became increasingly regulated in the 21st century.

In general, HFCs are relatively nonflammable, chemically stable, and nonreactive. Many are colourless, odourless gases, but some—such as HFC-365mfc (1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane)—are liquids at room temperature. As refrigerants, HFCs are used in a wide variety of cooling systems, from refrigerators and freezers to automotive air-conditioning units. HFCs are also used as blowing agents in the production of polymer foams; as firefighting agents (having replaced halons); as solvents in cleaning products for plastics and metals and in plasma etching for semiconductor technology; and as propellants in metred-dose inhalers prescribed for the treatment of asthma.

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There are different routes to the synthesis of HFCs. For example, HFC-134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, or R134a), one of the most widely used HFCs, can be prepared from trichloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene through halogen exchange and hydrofluorination, in which chlorine is replaced by hydrogen and fluorine, or through isomerization followed by hydrogenolysis, in which hydrogen is used to split an isomer into the desired reaction products. Other HFCs may be prepared through the fluorination of olefins (unsaturated hydrocarbons containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond) with hydrogen fluoride.

Once released into the atmosphere, HFCs decompose relatively quickly; for example, the atmospheric lifetime for HFC-134a is about 14 years. (CFCs, by comparison, can remain in the atmosphere for 100 years.) The breakdown of HFCs occurs in the troposphere (the lowest portion of the atmosphere), where they are split by reactions with hydroxyl radicals (∙OH). Within the troposphere, the carbon-fluorine bonds in HFCs are highly effective at trapping solar radiation (specifically, infrared radiation) and redirecting that radiant energy toward Earth’s surface. This so-called positive radiative forcing effect contributes to global warming.

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In 2007 the average 100-year global warming potential (GWP) of HFCs was estimated to be 3,770 times that of carbon dioxide (the standard reference chemical for GWP calculations); weighted averaging (based on HFC consumption) predicted a 100-year GWP of 2,400 by 2040. Warming potential, however, varies widely for the individual HFCs. For instance, HFC-23 (trifluoromethane), which is generated as a by-product in the production of the hydrochlorofluorocarbon HCFC-22 (chlorodifluoromethane), has an atmospheric lifetime of 270 years and a 100-year GWP of 11,700, which surpasses known GWPs for some of the most environmentally harmful CFCs.

HFCs have become increasingly abundant in Earth’s atmosphere. For example, between 1978 and 2005, atmospheric concentrations of HFC-23 increased from about 3 to around 18 parts per trillion (ppt). Likewise, concentrations of HFC-134a increased from levels that were undetectable prior to the 1990s to about 35 ppt in 2005. Because they are anthropogenic (human-generated) sources of positive radiative forcing, HFC emissions have been targeted for reduction by the Kyoto Protocol.

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Answer 2

HCF on the other hand, stands for Highest Common Factor. Factors are numbers that can multiplied together to get another number. By virtue of definition, the biggest factor of a number is the number itself and all its other factors will thus be smaller than it. Hence all numbers that can multiplied to get 6 (like 1, 2, 3 and 6) are the factors of 6. Likewise for 9 the factors are 1, 3 and 9. The common factors for 6 and 9 are 1 and 3. The larger of them being 3, it is thus the HCF of 6 and 9. +

Just like HCF and LCM, we have come up with the terms HCM (Highest Common Multiple) and LCF (Lowest Common Factor). Evident from the explanation above, the highest common multiple for any two numbers can go up to infinity because the tables of the numbers can too go up to infinity; whereas the lowest common factor for any two or more numbers is always 1.+

Moving on, we discuss some problems with the application of the concepts of HCF and LCM in them. +

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The first problem on HCF requires us to find the minimum number of students among whom a certain number of crayons and drawing sheets can be distributed equally. Say there are 15 crayons and 10 sheets. Beginning with two students the number of sheets can be fairly distributed between them but since the number of crayons is odd (15) they cannot be equally divided between them. With 3 students the number of drawing sheets (10) cannot be equally divided. Proceeding further, neither crayons nor sheets can be divided equally among 4 students. The next number in line is 5 which completely divides both the number of sheets (10) and the crayons (15). Hence the minimum number of students that will divide the given articles equally is 5 giving 2 sheets and 3 crayons to each child.+

The second problem on HCF comprises 24 boys and 18 girls who have to submit minimum of projects in a class by forming a group of 2. It is to be noted that no two girls or boys team up together to make a project. We begin checking from the smallest factors common to 24 and 18. With 2 we can form 9 groups of boys and 9 groups of girls while with 3 we can form 8 boys’ groups and 6 girls’ groups. Moving on we check with 6. It is with 6 that the lowest number of groups will be formed, i.e. 4 boys groups and 3 girls group. Hence the HCF is 6.