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eppur_se_muova

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1. I didn't realize there were any applications for NF3 at all. Now they're manufacturing it on a huge scale.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Mon Aug 5, 2024, 02:15 AM

Aug 2024

Ironically, all they're using it for is as a source of fluorine radicals in an electrical discharge. Other fluorinated compounds could be used but NF3 is apparently most convenient.

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Increases in Global and East Asian Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3) Emissions Inferred from Atmospheric Observations [View all] NNadir Aug 2024 OP

I didn't realize there were any applications for NF3 at all. Now they're manufacturing it on a huge scale. eppur_se_muova Aug 2024 #1