Other names
PFCs
CAS Number
various
Properties
- colourless and odourless gases or highly volatile liquids
Main sources
- use and inappropriate disposal of products with perfluorocarbons
- primary aluminium production
- refrigeration
- technical cleaning
- tetrafluoromethane: partially natural source
Thresholds for the reporting requirement of facilities in accordance with Annex 2 PRTRO
(Ordinance on the Register relating to Pollutant Release and the Transfer of Waste and of Pollutants in Waste Water)
- Air 100 kg/year
- Water -
- Soil -
Impacts
- not toxic to humans and animals in normally occurring concentrations
- contributes to the greenhouse gas effect (greenhouse potential 100 to 12,000 greater than that of carbon dioxide)