Environment HFC-143a

HFC-143a (1,1,1-trifluoroethane)

Ecological properties

Mobility
Air, Henry's law constant (H) ca : 185 kPa.m3/mol
Result: considerable volatility
Conditions: 20°C /calculated value

Soil/sediments, adsorption : log Koc from 1,86 - 2,32
Conditions: calculated value

Abiotic degradation
Air, photolysis, ODP : = 0
Result: no effect on stratospheric ozone
Reference value for CFC 11: ODP = 1

Air, greenhouse effect, GWP : = 3800
Reference value for Co2 = 1 at 100 years

Comments : Product is persistent in air
(atmospheric lifetime: 48.3 years)

Source: Safety Data Sheet of Solvay.
IPCC climate change