Hexafluoroethane
ALDRICH/295361 - ≥98%
Synonym: CFC-116; Perfluoroethane
CAS Number: 76-16-4
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C2F6
Molecular Weight: 138.01
EC Number: 200-939-8
MDL Number: MFCD00000428
Linear Formula: CF3CF3
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | PFAS testing |
| assay | ≥98% |
| bp | −78 °C (lit.) |
| functional group | fluoro |
| InChI | 1S/C2F6/c3-1(4,5)2(6,7)8 |
| InChI key | WMIYKQLTONQJES-UHFFFAOYSA |
| mp | −100 °C (lit.) |
| Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
| SMILES string | FC(F)(F)C(F)(F)F |
| vapor density | 4.7 (vs air) |
| vapor pressure | 430 psi ( 21 °C) |
| Legal Information: | Aldrich is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC |
| Other Notes: | See Technical Information Bulletin AL-151 Gas Regulators: Selection, Installation, and Operation ![]() |
| Packaging: | 227 g in steel cylinder |
| Packaging: | Supplied in a carbon steel lecture bottle with a CGA180M/CGA110F needle valve installed. Compatible with the following: • Aldrich® lecture-bottle station systems • Aldrich® lecture-bottle gas regulators |
| Symbol | GHS04 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H280 |
| Precautionary statements | P410 + P403 |
| RIDADR | UN 2193 2.2 |
| WGK Germany | WGK 3 |
| Flash Point(F) | Not applicable |
| Flash Point(C) | Not applicable |
| Purity | ≥98% |
| bp | −78 °C (lit.) |
| mp | −100 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 12142100 |


