Etymology

CFK

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Generally inserted in English texts by mostly Dutch speakers who assume the initialism for chloorfluorkoolstofverbinding is also CFK in English. As carbon is spelled with a C and koolstof with a K, the initialisms are also different.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.