Fluorotelomers are fluorocarbon-based oligomers, or telomers, synthesized by telomerization.[1] Some fluorotelomers and fluorotelomer-based compounds are a source of environmentally persistent perfluorinated carboxylic acids such as PFOA and PFNA, while others are under extended investigation.
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