thinking back to our Sulfur Hexafluoride reaction, how big of a vessel would we require to store only the product in liters if we start with 2 moles of Fluorine (with just enough Sulfur to completely convert all Fluorine to the product) at standard temperatures and pressure? Assume that Sulfur Hexafluoride is an ideal gas.
Answers
Explanation:
Solvay‘s sulphur hexafluoride is a non-
toxic, inert, insulating and cooling gas of
high dielectric strength and thermal stabil-
ity.
It is particularly suitable for application in
both high-voltage and medium-high volt-
age power circuit breakers as well as in
high-voltage cables, transformers, trans-
ducers, particle and electron accelerators,
X-ray equipment and UHF transmission
systems and as an etching and chamber
cleaning gas in the semiconductor indus-
try.
The construction of new equipment with
higher capacity and improved perfor-
mance has been made possible by the
excellent electrical, thermal and chemical
properties of SF6. Changing from conven-
tional dielectrics to sulphur hexafluoride –
a non-flammable, chemically-inactive and
non-toxic heavy gas – results in consider-
able space and weight savings and im-
provements in the operational safety of
converted equipment.
SF6 is also used in medical technology: for
example as a contrast agent in ultrasonic
examinations as well as in ophthalmol-
ogy, pneumonectomy and diseases of the
middle ear, e.g. treating loss of hearing in
middle ear infections.