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. 2020 Nov 3;473(2):139–150. doi: 10.1007/s00424-020-02482-2

Table 1.

Comparison of the main physical properties of water, PFD, PFOB and DDFP [42, 94, 102]

Water Perfluorodecalin (PFD) Perfluorooctylbromide (PFOB) Dodecafluoropentane (DDFP)
Formula H2O C10F18 C8BrF17 C5F12
Molar mass 18 g/mol 462 g/mol 499 g/mol 288 g/mol
Density 0.997 g/cm3 1.946 g/cm3 1.89 g/cm3 1.63 g/cm3 (liquid, 25 °C), 0.012 g/cm3 (gas, 37 °C)
Molar density 55.4 mol/L 4.2 mol/L 3.8 mol/L 0.04166 mol/L (gas, 37 °C)
Oxygen solubility (25 °C) 6.3 mLO2/LH2O 403 mLO2/LPFD 527 mLO2/LPFOB 29,421 mLO2/LDDFP (gas, 37 °C)
Molar oxygen solubility 0.11 mLO2/molH2O 95.68 mLO2/molPFD 139.14 mLO2/molPFOB 7.06*105 mL/molDDFP (gas, 37 °C)
Molar ratio (oxygen/solute) 0.005 molO2/molH2O 4.27 molO2/molPFD 6.21 molO2/molPFOB 31.52 molO2/molDDFP (gas, 37 °C)