3. Main products and trends
Following the discovery of the involvement of certain fluoroalkanes either in the destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer or in the greenhouse effect, several regulatory processes were put in place, aimed at limiting or even banning the use of these products: this led to major changes in the production and development of these molecules.
Fluoroalkanes can be classified into three main categories, described below.
3.1 CFCs and halons
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CFCs (or chlorofluorocarbons) are R11, R12, R113, R114, R115. These molecules contain chlorine and no hydrogen, and were the first organic fluorinated molecules to be marketed on a large scale. Their worldwide production represented around 1 million tonnes in 1988, with applications...
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Main products and trends
Main uses and outlook
Economic data
Figure 1 illustrates the trends in worldwide production of fluoroalkanes, as reconstituted by the Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study (AFEAS): these are based on data reported by the manufacturing companies that responded to...
Bibliography
References
Regulations
Regulation (EC) No. 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 29, 2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer.
Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 17, 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases.
Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 17, 2006 relating to emissions from...
Producers
Regulatory changes have seriously affected all producers in their development strategies for these products; moreover, a large proportion of CFC substitution is taking place with non-fluorinated products: as can be seen in figure 1 , tonnages produced...
Organizations
Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study (AFEAS) http://www.afeas.org/
Intergovernmental Panel or Climate Change (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch/
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