Trifluorochloroethylene

Synonyms

1,1,2-Trifluoro-2-chloroethylene; 1-Chloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethylene; 2-Chloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethylene; CFE; CTFE; Chlorotrifluoroethylene; Chlortrifluoraethylen [German]; Daiflon; Ethene, chlorotrifluoro-; Ethylene, chlorotrifluoro-; Ethylene, trifluorochloro-; Fluoroplast 3; Genetron 1113; Monochlorotrifluoroethylene; Trifluorchlorethylen [Czech]; Trifluoromonochloroethylene; Trifluorovinyl chloride; Trithene; UN1082; [ChemIDplus]

Category

Other Toxic Gases & Vapors

Description

Colorless gas with a faint, ethereal odor; [Hawley] Shipped as a clear, colorless liquid; [CHEMINFO MSDS]

Sources/Uses

Used to make chlorotrifluoroethylene resins (Kel-F, Halar); Used in the synthesis of lubricants, plastics, elastomers, and other chemical products; [HSDB]

Comments

Can cause frostbite; Inhalation can result in dizziness and nausea at lower concentrations and cardiac sensitization and CNS depression at higher concentrations; Liver and kidney injury may occur; Vapor can displace oxygen in a confined space and act as a simple asphyxiant; Decomposition products at temperatures >250 degrees C include hydrogen fluoride and phosgene; [CHEMINFO MSDS] Trifluorochloroethylene, stabilized (UN1082) has warning of explosive polymerization; [ERG 2016]

Biomedical References

Yes

4590 mm Hg

LC50 (rat) = 1,000 ppm/4H

Yes

Explanatory Notes

Boiling Point = -18 deg F; [CAMEO]

burn readily

20 ppm

100 ppm

300 ppm

5 ppm

Acute solvent syndrome

Hepatoxic (a) from occupational exposure (secondary effect) or (b) in animal studies or in humans after ingestion

Other Poison

Simple Asphyxiant

Diseases

Occupational diseases associated with exposure to this agent:

• Asphyxiation, simple
• Solvents, acute toxic effect