Fluorinated gases are substances that originate exclusively from human activities and tend to have a greater global warming potential than other greenhouse gases. Perfluorocarbons, a type of fluorinated gas, has a lifetime in the atmosphere that ranges between 2,600 and 50,000 years.
Atmospheric lifetime of fluorinated gases
(in years)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (April 1, 2019). Atmospheric lifetime of fluorinated gases (in years) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085597/lifetime-atmosphere-fluorinated-greenhouses-gases-globally/
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Atmospheric lifetime of fluorinated gases (in years) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, April 1, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085597/lifetime-atmosphere-fluorinated-greenhouses-gases-globally/