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Fluorinated gases: Hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, and nitrogen trifluoride are synthetic, powerful greenhouse gases which can be emitted from a variety of household, industrial, and industrial purposes and processes. Fluorinated gases (particularly hydrofluorocarbons) are typically used as substitutes for stratospheric ozone-depleting substances (e.g., chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, and halons). Fluorinated gases are usually emitted in smaller portions than other greenhouse gases, but they are potent greenhouse gases. With international warming potentials (GWPs) that sometimes vary from thousands to tens of thousands, they are sometimes referred to as high-GWP gases as a result of, for a given quantity of mass, they trap substantially more heat than CO2.