Environmental aspects

SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride)

Ecological properties

Global Warming Potential (GWP): 24,900 (100 yr)

Lifetime: 3,200 years

Air, Henry's law constant (H) : = 452 kPa.m³/mol

Water, evaporation, t ½ : = 3,5 hour(s)

Conditions : calculated value from mathematical model/river

Soil/sediments : Result: non-significant adsorption

Abiotic degradation 

Air, photolysis, t ½ : >1.000 year(s)

Result: non-significant photolysis

Water/soil, hydrolysis, t ½ : >1.000 year(s)

Result: non-significant hydrolysis

Biotic degradation : Result: not applicable (inorganic compound)

Potential for bioaccumulation

Bioconcentration : Aquatic organisms, BCF = 89

Conditions: calculated value

Comments : Product is persistent in air as inert form