1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane

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1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane
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Names
Preferred IUPAC name
1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane
Other names
CFC-113a
Freon 113a
Arcton 63
Freon-FT
1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane
1,1,1-Trichlorotrifluoroethane
1,1,1-Trifluoro-2,2,2-trichloroethane
1,1,1-Trifluorotrichloroethane
FC 113
FC133a
Precision cleaning agent
TF
T-WD602
Unsymmetrical Trichlorotrifluoroethane
FC 113a
2,2,2-Trichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 206-564-6
PubChem CID
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C2Cl3F3/c3-1(4,5)2(6,7)8
    Key: BOSAWIQFTJIYIS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • FC(F)(F)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl
Properties
CCl3CF3
Molar mass 187.376 g/mol
AppearanceColourless liquid
Density 1.579 g/mL [1] [2]
Melting point 13–14 °C (55–57 °F; 286–287 K)
Boiling point 46 °C (115 °F; 319 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2,2-trifluoroethane, also called Asymmetrical trichlorotrifluoroethane or CFC-113a, is a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) with the formula CCl3CF3.

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Ozone depletion

A team of researchers at the University of East Anglia analysed unpolluted air samples from Tasmania dating from the period 1978 to 2012. They concluded that the CFCs[ which? ] they studied had started entering the atmosphere from anthropogenic sources in the 1960s and that while the abundance of certain CFCs had decreased, owing to the Montreal Protocol, the abundance of CFC-113a in the atmosphere was still growing. [3] Its main source remained uncertain, but production of hydrofluorocarbons in East Asia was suspected. [4] Between 2012 and 2017, concentrations of the gas jumped by 40 percent. [5] In 2020, the global mean concentration of CFC-113a was 1.02 parts per trillion with global emissions of 2.5 ± 0.4 ODP-Gg yr−1. [6]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1,1,1-Trifluoroethane</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tetrachloro-1,2-difluoroethane</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1,1-Dichlorotetrafluoroethane</span> Chemical compound

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