Thomas Midgley is the inventor of CFC. Its two advantages are:
- It is very cheap, non-toxic and non flammable so can be used in refrigerator, aerosol spray can, plastic manufacturing etc.
- It acts as better cooling agent as well as solvent.
Its disadvantages are:
- It depletes the ozone layer.
- It disturbs the ecosystem of the living organism on the earth and causes global warming.