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Perfluoroethane

CAS 76-16-4

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

60720-23-2 · 185009-34-1

Perfluoroethane chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Perfluoroethane in plain language

What it is

Also known as Hexafluoroethane · 1,1,1,2,2,2-hexafluoroethane · C2F6 · Ethane, 1,1,1,2,2,2-hexafluoro- · Ethane, hexafluoro- · Ethyl hexafluoride

Show all 18 names

F 116 · Fluorocarbon 116 · Freon 116 · Hexafluoraethan · Perfluorethan · Perfluorocarbon 116 · R 116 · UN2193 · UNII-7VL5Z0IY3A · hexafluoroethane ("freon" 116) · hexafluoroethane (freon 116) · perfluoroetano

What it does

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

Recorded functional uses: Refrigerants

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

Regulation

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

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 18 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Industrial products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Refrigerants.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 18 composition records across product categories including Raw materials, Industrial products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Refrigerants.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 Perfluoroethane 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 dec 20 1990

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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 Perfluoroethane in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

18

Named organisations

1

Raw materialsIndustrial products

Typical roles

Refrigerants
See products using Perfluoroethane →