Chemical Property of Chlorine trifluoride
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Description
Chlorine trifluoride (CIF3) is a toxic, corrosive, very reactive liquefied compressed gas packaged in cylinders as a liquid under its own vapor pressure of 1.55 kg/cm2 at 21°C (22 psia at 70°F). CIF3 is a very useful chemical in operations requiring a highenergy fluorinating agent or incendiary material, especially since it can be handled at room temperatures.
Chlorine trifluoride is primarily of interest as a component in rocket fuels, in industrial cleaning and etching operations primarily in the semiconductor industry, nuclear reactor fuel processing and other industrial operations.
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Uses
Chlorine trifluoride is used as a fluorinating agent. It may be Used as a fluorinating agent, incendiary, igniter and propellant for rockets, in nuclear reactor fuel processing, pyrolysis inhibitor for fluoro carbon polymers.
During Word War II, Chlorine trifluoride was used by Germany as an incendiary gas.
