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Pentafluoroethane

CAS 354-33-6

Pentafluoroethane chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Pentafluoroethane in plain language

What it is

Also known as 1H-perfluoroethane · 1,1,1,2,2-Pentafluoroethane · 1,1,2,2,2-Pentafluoroethane · C2F5H · C2HF5 · Ecolo Ace 125

Show all 21 names

Ethane, 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoro- · Ethane, pentafluoro- · F 125 · Fc 125 · Freon 125 · Fron 125 · Hcfc 125 · HFC-125 · Khladon 125 · Pentafluoraethan · Pentafluorethan · R 125 · pentafluoro-ethane · pentafluoroethane (hfc-125) · pentafluoroethane (hfh-125)

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Pentafluoroethane yet.

Recorded functional uses: Fire extinguishing agent · Formulation [mixing] of preparations and/ or re -packaging (excluding alloys) · Laboratory chemicals

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Pentafluoroethane appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 62 composition records across product categories including Industrial products, Specialty occupational products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Fire extinguishing agent, laboratory chemicals, formulation [mixing] of preparations and/ or re -packaging (excluding alloys).
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 62 composition records across product categories including Industrial products, Specialty occupational products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Fire extinguishing agent, laboratory chemicals, formulation [mixing] of preparations and/ or re -packaging (excluding alloys).Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Pentafluoroethane yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Pentafluoroethane in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

62

Named organisations

2

Industrial productsSpecialty occupational products

Typical roles

Fire extinguishing agentFormulation [mixing] of preparations and/ or re -packaging (excluding alloys)Laboratory chemicals
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