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Compounds

Compounds:

Chemical compounds
CO₂	Carbon dioxide
CH₄	Methane
CO	Carbon monoxide
N₂O	Nitrous oxide
NO_x	Nitrogen oxides (NO + NO₂)
NH₃	Ammonia
O₃	Ozone
SO₂	Sulphur dioxide
NMVOC	Non-methane volatile organic carbon compounds

Aerosols
Aerosols	Sulphate, black carbon and organic carbon

Halocarbons, chlorinated compounds
Chlorofluoro-carbons (CFCs)	CFC-11 (CCl₃F) CFC-12 (CCl₂F₂) CFC-113 (CCl₂FCClF₂) CFC-114 (CClF₂CClF₂) CFC-115 (CF₃CClF₂)
Hydrochloro-fluorocarbons (HCFCs)	HCFC-22 (CHClF₂) HCFC-123 (CF₃CHCl₂) HCFC-124 (CF₃CHClF) HCFC-141b (CH₃CFCl₂) HCFC-142b (CH₃CF₂Cl) HCFC-225 (C₃HF₅Cl₂)
Other Chloro-carbons (CCs)	CCl₄ (carbon tetrachloride) CH₃CCl₃ (methylchloroform) CH₃Cl

Halocarbons, other
Bromo-carbons	Halon-1211 (CBrClF₂) Halon-1301 (CBrF₃) CH₃Br
Perfluoro-carbons (PFCs) & SF₆	CF₄ C₂F₆ SF₆ (sulphur hexafluoride)
Hydrofluoro-carbons (HFCs)	HFC-23 (CHF₃) HFC-32 (CH₂F₂) HFC-43-10mee (C₅H₂F₁₀) HFC-125 (C₂HF₅) HFC-152a (CH₃CHF₂) HFC-134a (CH₂FCF₃) HFC-143a (CH₃CF₃) HFC-227ea (C₃HF₇) HFC-236fa (C₃H₂F₆) HFC-245ca (C₃H₃F₅)

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( 13 Oct 2010 )