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Place of birth
Ixelles / Elsene, Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Place of death
Ghent, Arrondissement of Ghent, East Flanders, Flemish Region
Age
74 years
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Frédéric Swarts (2 September 1866 – 6 September 1940) was a Belgian chemist who prepared the first chlorofluorocarbon, CF2Cl2 (Freon-12) as well as several other related compounds. He was a professor in the civil engineering at the University of Ghent. In addition to his work on organofluorine chemistry, he authored the textbook "Cours de Chimie Organique." He was a son of Theodore Swarts (chemist, *1839 Belgium; †1911 USA) and a colleague of Leo Baekeland.
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