JEE Main Chemistry question

Use of chlorofluoro carbons is not encouraged because

(A)They are harmful to the eyes of people that use it.
(B)They damage the refrigerators and air conditioners.
(C)They eat away the ozone layer in the atmosphere.Correct
(D)They destroy the oxygen layer.

Answer: (C)

Solution

CFCs are chemically inert in the troposphere but photolyse in the stratosphere to release chlorine radicals that catalytically destroy ozone. (a), (b) and

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Question ID VK-141866