Hexafluoroethane (C2F6) - An odorless halocarbon that meets all requirements of a greenhouse gas: unreactive to OH· and ozone, does not photodissociate from either UV or visible light, is insoluble in water, and absorbs in the infrared spectrum. [Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 16, 199-208 (1980)]
[Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. As of April 14, 2003, Article in Press, Corrected Proof. The structures and properties of tetrafluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, and octafluoropropane using the AIMPRO density functional program. Robert W. Zoellner, C. D. Latham, J. P. Goss, William G. Golden, R. Jones and P. R. Briddon.]
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