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| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | A colourless, odourless, non-toxic and non-flammable gas used for dry plasma etching prior to chemical vapour deposition. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | Sulfur hexafluoride. An inert gas used mainly as a test gas in respiratory physiology. Other uses include its injection in vitreoretinal surgery to restore the vitreous chamber and as a tracer in monitoring the dispersion and deposition of air pollutants. (references) |
Weather | (SF6) A colorless gas soluble in alcohol and ether, slightly soluble in water. A very powerful greenhouse gas used primarily in electrical transmission and distribution systems and as a dielectric in electronics. The global warming potential of SF6 is 23,900. See Global Warming Potential. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE |
| Specialty definitions using "SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE": Greenhouse Gas. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sulfur hexafluoride | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | svovlhexafluorid (sulphur hexafluoride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zwavelhexafluoride (sulphur hexafluoride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rikkiheksafluoridi (sulphur hexafluoride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Schwefelhexafluorid (sulphur hexafluoride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξαφθοριούχο θείο (sulphur hexafluoride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulfursay exafluoridehay hexafluoro de azufre (sulphur hexafluoride). (various references) svavelhexafluorid (sulphur hexafluoride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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