Carbonyl fluoride

Synonyms & Trade Names

Carbon difluoride oxide, Carbon fluoride oxide, Carbon oxyfluoride, Carbonyl difluoride, Fluoroformyl fluoride, Fluorophosgene

Physical Description

Colorless gas with a pungent and very irritating odor. [Note: Shipped as a liquefied compressed gas.]

Incompatibilities & Reactivities

Heat, moisture, hexafluoroisopropyl-ideneamino-lithium [Note: Reacts with water to form hydrogen fluoride & carbon dioxide.]

Symptoms

irritation eyes, skin, mucous membrane, respiratory system; eye, skin burns; lacrimation (discharge of tears); cough, pulmonary edema, dyspnea (breathing difficulty); chronic exposure: gastrointestinal pain, muscle fibrosis, skeletal fluorosis; liquid: frostbite

Respirator Recommendations

Not available.

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