Tracing / Tagging
Cosmetics
Medical Applications
Refrigeration
Electric & Electronic Applications
CVD Chamber Cleaning
Defined Density Fluid
Developing Applications
 
Brief overview of The Applications for Flutec Fluids

Tracing & Tagging
Flutec® Tracers have a unique set of properties which make them ideal candidates for tracing and tagging applications. As well as being non-toxic, non-corrosive, non-flammable, non-radioactive and non-combustible up to 450oC, they are chemically and thermally stable; the background atmospheric concentrations of Flutec® Tracers are negligible and they can be detected at parts per quadrillion levels. There are twelve Flutec® Tracers in the range, with boiling points between 45oC and 155oC which allow multi-tracer experiments to be performed. Flutec® Tracers can be deployed, sampled and analysed with the same instrumentation simultaneously.

Further detailed information is available on:-

  • The range of Flutec® Tracers available
  • Leak detection applications
  • Previous application of these products in transport and dispersion studies
  • Physical properties.

Cosmetics / Personal Care
The Flutec® PC fluids are a range of high purity perfluorocarbons. They are lipophobic and hydrophobic, forming a third phase, facilitating emulsion formulation. They have a high gas dissolving ability, excellent toxicological profile and a variety of other properties which make them a superb additive to cosmetic formulations. Flutec® PC6 (INCI Name - Perfluorodecalin) is the material of choice for many applications, though it is but one of a range of compounds available.

Suggested applications:

  • Face and neck creams and gels
  • Eye Contour creams and gels
  • Oxygen Mask
  • Oxygen Lipstick
  • Two Way Cakes
  • Scalp Treatment


Medical
Due to their remarkably low toxicity and their ability to dissolve gases, especially oxygen and carbon dioxide, Perfluorocarbon fluids have generated a lot of interest for medical applications such as:

  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Ophthalmology
  • Blood Substitutes
  • Wound Healing
  • Drug Delivery Systems
  • Liquid Ventilation
  • Organ & Tissue Preservation

Key properties : High Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide dissolving capability, excellent toxicological profile.

Our range includes:

  • Octafluoropropane
  • Perfluorobutane
  • Perfluorohexane
  • Perfluorooctane
  • Perfluorodecalin
  • Perfluoromethyldecalin
  • Perfluoroperhydrophenanthrene

We are constantly striving to improve our product range for medical applications, should you require a specific compound that is not listed please do not hesitate to contact us.

Conformance to cGMP can also be accommodated

Refrigeration
Octafluoropropane also known as Perfluoropropane, Flutec® PP30 and R218 has application in refrigerant blends as a CFC replacement. It is a fully-fluorinated, odourless, colourless gas.

Characteristics

  • Compatibility with most construction materials
  • Non-flammable
  • Excellent chemical and thermal stability
  • Practically non-toxic
  • Zero ozone-depleting potential

Electronics & Electrical
Flutec® fluids exhibit a unique combination of properties that make them extremely useful materials with which to carry out a wide range of electronics testing, heating and cooling processes.

Properties include:

  • Thermally and Chemically Stable
  • Very high electrical resistance
  • No residue on evaporation
  • Excellent materials compatibility
  • Practically non-toxic
  • Non-Flammable
  • Very low surface tension
  • Low viscosity
  • Very high chemical and electrical resistance
  • Colourless and odourless

Applications Include

  • Vapour Phase Soldering
  • Hermeticity/Gross Leak Detection
  • Liquid Burn-in
  • Thermal Shock Testing
  • Heat Transfer
  • Dielectric (Insulating) Fluids
  • CVD Chamber Cleaning
  • Deposition Solvent
  • Direct Contact Cooling