What is "trichlorofluoromethane"

n. (context chemistry English) A chlorofluorocarbon, CFCl₃, formerly used as a refrigerant but retired because of harmful effects on the ozone layer.

Trichlorofluoromethane, also called freon-11, CFC-11, or R-11, is a chlorofluorocarbon. It is a colorless, faint ethereal and sweetish odor liquid that boils at about room temperature.

This is a supplementary data page for trichlorofluoromethane.

Property

Value

Density at 0 °C

1.5432 g.cm

Density at 18.82 °C

1.4905 g.cm

Critical temperature (T)

198 °C (471 K)

Critical pressure (p)

4.410 MPa (44.1 bar)

Critical density

4.151 mol.l

Refractive index (n) at 20 °C, D

1.3821

Acentric factor

0.18875

Dipole moment

0.450 D

Ozone depletion potential (ODP)

1 (by definition)

Global warming potential (GWP)

4600 ( CO = 1)