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40 CFR Part 82, Appendix I — Global Warming Potentials (Mass Basis), Referenced to the Absolute GWP for the Adopted Carbon Cycle Model CO2 Decay Response and Future CO2 Atmospheric Concentrations Held Constant at Current Levels. (Only Direct Effects Are Considered.)

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Species (chemical)Chemical formulaGlobal warming potential (time horizon)
20 years100 years500 years
CFC-11CFCl35000 | 4000 | 1400
CFC-12CF2 Cl27900 | 8500 | 4200
CFC-13CClF38100 | 11700 | 13600
CFC-113C2 F3 Cl35000 | 5000 | 2300
CFC-114C2 F4 Cl26900 | 9300 | 8300
CFC-115C2 F5 Cl6200 | 9300 | 13000
H-1301CF3 Br6200 | 5600 | 2200
Carbon TetCCl42000 | 1400 | 500
Methyl ChlCH3 CCl3360 | 110 | 35
HCFC-22CF2 HCl4300 | 1700 | 520
HCFC-141bC2 FH3 Cl21800 | 630 | 200
HCFC-142bC2 F2 H3 Cl4200 | 2000 | 630
HCFC-123C2 F3 HCl2300 | 93 | 29
HCFC-124C2 F4 HCl1500 | 480 | 150
HCFC-225caC3 F5 HCl2550 | 170 | 52
HCFC-225cbC3 F5 HCl21700 | 530 | 170

AUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), February 1995, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 1994, Chapter 13, “Ozone Depleting Potentials, Global Warming Potentials and Future Chlorine/Bromine Loading,” and do not reflect review of scientific documents published after that date.

[61 FR 1285, Jan. 19, 1996]