BROMOTRIFLUOROETHYLENE

General Description

A colorless gas (boiling point -2 to 0°C) shipped in cylinders or, if polymerized, a liquid. Heating the containers of gas may cause them to rupture violently and rocket. Polymeric BROMOTRIFLUOROETHYLENE is a clear oily liquid of widely variable viscosity and density.

Air & Water Reactions

Highly flammable (gas).

Reactivity Profile

Reactivity often inhibited by adding tributylamine [Lancaster].

Health Hazard

Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without warning. Some may be toxic if inhaled at high concentrations. Contact with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite. Fire may produce irritating and/or toxic gases.

Fire Hazard

EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE. Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames. Will form explosive mixtures with air. Silane will ignite spontaneously in air. Vapors from liquefied gas are initially heavier than air and spread along ground. Vapors may travel to source of ignition and flash back. Cylinders exposed to fire may vent and release flammable gas through pressure relief devices. Containers may explode when heated. Ruptured cylinders may rocket.

Safety Profile

A poison. A flammable gas. Iptes spontaneously in air. Incompatible with powerful oxidmers, O2. When heated to decomposition it emits highly toxic fumes of Br-, F-, and COCF2