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pentafluoroethane
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Pentafluoroethane is a fluorocarbon with the formula CF3CHF2. Pentafluoroethane is currently used as a refrigerant (known as R-125) and also used as a fire suppression agent in fire suppression systems.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2HF5
- Molecular weight
- 120.02 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoroethane
- SMILES
- C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F
- InChIKey
- GTLACDSXYULKMZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.2
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 5
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
- Mass
- 120
- Has use
- refrigerant
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- chemical formula
- C₂HF₅
- canonical SMILES
- C(C(F)(F)F)(F)F
- global warming potential
- 3691
- Commons category
- Pentafluoroethane
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Refrigerant
- Fire suppression systems
- Environmental impact
- Brands
- References
- External links
Pentafluoroethane is a fluorocarbon with the formula CF3CHF2. Pentafluoroethane is currently used as a refrigerant (known as R-125) and also used as a fire suppression agent in fire suppression systems.
Pentafluoroethane does not deplete ozone so it has replaced earlier fluorinated chemicals that did. However while it has zero ozone depletion potential, it has high global warming potential, reported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and others as 3450 times that of carbon dioxide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pentafluoroethane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.