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ACTIVITY: Former
US EPA List 3 Inert (Propellant, Halogenated organic)
Structure:
Adverse
Effects:
CNS
Heart
Lung
Tremors |
Environmental
Effects:
Potent
Greenhouse Gas -
global
warming potential of approximately 6,500 times that of CO2
and a lifetime that
exceeds 10,000 years. |
Regulatory
Information
(only comprehensive for the US) |
US
EPA Registered: |
No |
California Chem. Code |
3099 |
Other
Information |
Molecular
Formula: |
C
F4
INORGANIC |
Manufacturer: |
Air
Products and
Chemicals |
Other
Names: |
Arcton
0
CFC 14
Carbon fluoride
Carbon fluoride (CF4)
Carbon tetrafluoride
EINECS 200-896-5
F 14
FC 14
Fluorocarbon 14
Freon 14
HSDB 1327
Halocarbon 14
Halon 14
Methane, tetrafluoro-
Perfluoromethane
R 14
R 14 (Refrigerant)
Refrigerant 14
Refrigerant R 14
Tetrafluorocarbon
Tetrafluoromethane
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Of special interest: |
PAN
Data |
Profile
from Hazardous Substances Data Bank |
Abstracts |
Material
Safety Data Sheet by DuPont |
Mitigating
Climate Change.
US Department of State - http://www.state.gov/www/global/oes/97climate_report/part4b.html
Carbon
tetrafluoride (CF4) and carbon hexafluoride (C2F6)
are emitted as by-products of the primary aluminum production
process. Both are potent greenhouse gases, with global warming
potentials of approximately 6,500 and 9,200 times that of
CO2, respectively, and lifetimes that exceed
10,000 years.
EPA
is partnering with primary aluminum producers to reduce
CF4 and C2F6 emissions
where technically feasible and cost-effective. Because factors
that cause these emissions are a sign of efficiency loss,
focus by industry to reduce emissions will result in process
enhancements. EPA estimates that emissions of CF4
and C2F6 can be reduced by 30-60 percent
industrywide. As of December 1995, twelve companies representing
94 percent of the U.S. primary aluminum production capacity
have joined EPA in the Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership.
CCAP
projected this action would reduce emissions by 1.8 MMTCE
in 2000. Current projections are that the programs will
reduce emissions by 2.2 MMTCE in 2000 and 2.4 MMTCE in 2010.
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US
Federal Register |
Date
Published |
Docket
Identification Number |
Details |
June
24, 1998 |
OPP-
36192 |
Inert Ingredients No Longer
Used in Pesticide Products - Former
List 3 Inert.
EPA is removing certain chemicals
from its list of pesticide product inert ingredients that
are not currently used in pesticide products. Future use of
these chemicals as inert ingredients in pesticide products
will not be permitted unless a petitioner or registrant satisfies
all data requirements as identified by the Agency, and the
Agency is able to make a determination that the use of the
inert ingredient will not pose unreasonable risk to human
health or the environment. All tolerances
or exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for the
use of these chemicals as inert ingredients in food- use pesticide
formulations will be proposed for revocation at a later date
in a separate Federal Register Notice. |
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