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146.06 g/mol
Industrial ChemicalWarning
SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE
CAS2551-62-4EC219-854-2
Category
Industrial Chemical
Compound Class
Halocarbon
Primary Use
gaseous electric insulator and tracer gas
Sulfur hexafluoride is an inert, gaseous compound primarily used as an electrical insulator and a tracer gas. Its chemical stability and dielectric properties make it valuable in high-voltage power transmission and in studies of ventilation and pollutant dispersion.
gaseous electric insulator in high-voltage power transmission and circuit interrupterstracer gas for measuring ventilation patterns and detecting underground pipe leaksinjection in vitreoretinal surgery to restore the vitreous chamber
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Safety Reference
Warning
H280Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated
H336May cause drowsiness or dizziness
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
hexafluoro-lambda6-sulfane
InChIKey
SFZCNBIFKDRMGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
FS(F)(F)(F)(F)F
Synonyms (32)
- BRI
- Sulfur hexafluoride (USAN)
- Elegas
- Esaflon
- Hexafluoride, Sulfur
- Hexafluoro-lambda~6~-sulfane
- Hexafluorosulfur
- Hexafluorure de soufre
- Lumason
- Lumason (TN)
- SF6 Microbubbles
- SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE
- SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE [MART.]
- SonoVue
- Sonovue (TN)
- Sulfur fluoride (SF6)
- Sulfur fluoride, (OC-6-11)-
- Sulphur hexafluoride
- [SF6]
- hexafluoridosulfur
- hexafluoro-|E6-sulfane
- sulfur(6+) fluoride
- sulfur(VI) fluoride