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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 2.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Pharm Des. 2012;18(15):2152–2165. doi: 10.2174/138161212800099883

Table 1.

Properties of Selected PFCs used for inert liquid emulsions, MCAs, and PCCAs

PFC Name Chemical
Formula		 Mol.
Weight
(g/mol)		 Boiling
Point (°C)		 Surface
Tension
(mN/m)		 Density
(kg/m3),
25°C		 Phase
Velocity
(m/s), 25°C		 CAS #
Perfluoro-
octylbromide		 C8F17Br 498.96 143 17.43 1930 631.8 423-55-2
Perfluorodecalin C10F18 462.08 140–143 19.41 1910 700.8 60433-11-6
Perfluorooctane C8F18 438.06 99 to 106 14.47 1730 579.4 307-34-6
Perfluoro-
methycyclohexane		 C7F16 388.05 80 to 84 13.55 1680 586.1 335-57-9
Perfluorohexane C6F14 338.04 58 to 60 12.23 1680 520.9 355-42-0
Dodecafluoro-
pentane		 C5F12 288.03 28 to 30 9.5 1590 678-26-2
Decafluorobutane* C4F10 238.03 −1.7 355-25-9
Octafluoropropane* C3F8 188.02 −36 to −39 76-19-7
*

indicates PFC exists in a gaseous state at 25°C