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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. (source: EPA)

Flourine and Silicone market in China...  -  22 Oct 2007
Chemical Explorer (subscription),Other old fluorine-contained chemicals such as fluorine-contained coatings, nitrogen trifluoride, sulfur hexafluoride, fluoro rubber etc. all have a

Aussie scientist: Greenhouse gases worse  -  Oct 8, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...full article Sulfur hexafluoride -- Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a gas whose molecules consist of one sulfur atom and six fluorine atoms.

New regs require reporting greenhouse gas emissions  -  Oct 11, 2007
Bizjournals.com,...starting with carbon dioxide, followed by methane, and finally nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.

SF6 gas injection improved corneal edema in study of eyes with ...  -  Oct 2, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),Injecting sulfur hexafluoride into the anterior chamber of eyes with keratoconus and acute hydrops can lead to an early reduction in symptoms of corneal

State has new reporting rules for greenhouse gases (2:23 pm)  -  Oct 12, 2007
Las Cruces Sun-News,The new rule adds reporting requirements for carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.

Scientists gauge greenhouse gases above SF in warming experiment  -  Oct 14, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Some of the other greenhouse gases include fluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. At Sutro Tower and the second site in Walnut Grove, scientists are

Greenhouse gas reporting on horizon  -  Oct 13, 2007
Farmington Daily Times,Those include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. The new regulations are the result of an

Al Gore's hypocrisy hides how illogical solutions are  -  Oct 16, 2007
Oregon Daily Emerald,...many greenhouse gases we hear so much about that also include methane, nitrous oxide, hydro fluorocarbons, per fluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.

Russia Beginning To Feel the Heat  -  Sep 27, 2007
Moscow News,The goal is to lower overall emissions of six greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, HFCs, and PFCs - calculated as

Task-Specific Vented Enclosures for Personal and Product Protection  -  Oct 9, 2007
Controlled Environments Magazine,Testing, using a modified ASHRAE 110 protocol with SF6 (sulfur hexafluoride), verifies that our vented enclosure contains well below the 0.05 ppm detectable

C4: Critical Cleaning for Contamination Control  -  Oct 9, 2007
Controlled Environments Magazine,Sulfur hexafluoride (SH6) is familiar to manufacturers of semiconductors for etching polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), Delrin®, or other insulating materials.

Con Edison Wins International Environmental Award  -  Sep 25, 2007
Earthtimes.org...which reduce greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy output; and by significantly reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride emissions by 62.5 percent since 1996.

From spam haiku to feline Fuhrers  -  Aug 16, 2007
The Australian,..."typing qqqq on google" and "buying sulfur hexafluoride". Bill Keaggy, the masterful hoarder who indexes other people's discarded shopping lists.

NY Mandates Emission Comparison Stickers For Cars  -  Aug 12, 2007
Environmental Leader,The index will be based on emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.

Report recommends emissions trading market for California  -  Jul 27, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,Regulate carbon dioxide and, in certain cases, the industrial gases hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.

New York Governor Spitzer Signs Into Law New Environmental ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
All American Patriots (press release),...contributor to warming temperatures worldwide, in addition to methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.

New Jersey Adopts Stringent Emission Standards  -  Jul 26, 2007
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription),GHG emissions to be inventoried and capped include carbon dioxide (CO2) methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydroflurocarbons and

Trading Carbon Emissions Stocks  -  Jul 24, 2007
Seeking Alpha,...trades in the emissions of six gasses including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons.

The Use of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography in the Selection of ...  -  Jul 23, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)In the CEUS group, 92 patients underwent pre-RFA CEUS using the contrast agent sulfur hexafluoride and enhanced computed tomography or magnetic resonance

FLIR's New GasfindIR-LW Infrared Camera Can Detect "Greenhouse  -  Apr 9, 2007
Pollution Online (press release),Based on a first-of-its-kind, patent-pending technology, the GasFindIR-LW can detect Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6), the colorless, odorless, nontoxic,

Matheson Tri-Gas awarded environmental honour  -  Apr 11, 2007
Gasworld.com (subscription),MTG-Shield™ is a novel integrated cover gas delivery system that can be used to directly replace sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) in molten magnesium applications.

Report: Future is grim for Venice  -  Apr 6, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Sulfur hexafluoride -- Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a gas whose molecules consist of one sulfur atom and six fluorine atoms. It is colorless, odorless,

~ EARTH TALK ~  -  Apr 12, 2007
Ventura County Reporter,The agreement called for a 5.2 percent reduction overall in the release of six pollutants — carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride,

Barbecue grills are health hazard in several ways  -  Apr 8, 2007
Pocono Record,The agreement called for a 5.2 percent reduction overall in the release of six pollutants — carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride,

Moisture analyser and transmitter in one  -  Apr 1, 2007
Manufacturing Talk,...power generation, such as transformer oil or sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and other industrial gas or non-aqueous liquid applications.

How much is carbon worth?  -  Mar 31, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,...on the amount of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride their respective products emit.

Full Text  -  Mar 29, 2007
Science Magazine (subscription)...the signatories can choose to control emissions of several gases--CO 2 , methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ), the hydrofluorocarbons,

Shifting Into Neutral  -  Mar 27, 2007
The Green Guide,Americans generate, on average, 26.5 tons of greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons and

Evaluation of the Vascular Architecture of Hepatocellular ...  -  Mar 23, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)A sulfur hexafluoride-filled microbubble contrast agent was used. The enhancement level and intratumoral vessels were evaluated on CHI.

Enhancing Effects of SonoVue, a Microbubble Sonographic Contrast ...  -  Mar 23, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)The purpose of this study was to explore the enhancing biological effects of SonoVue (Bracco SpA, Milan, Italy), a sulfur hexafluoride sonographic contrast

Sulfur hexafluoride-induced hemorrhage displacement led to better ...  -  Feb 16, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),Intravitreal injections of sulfur hexafluoride led to better visual outcomes than perfluoropropane gas in patients with submacular hemorrhage due to

LumaSense Technologies Introduces SF6 Leak Detector For Power ...  -  Mar 8, 2007
WebWire (press release),LumaSense SF6 Leak Detector is able to measure the total concentration of the sulfur hexafluoride gas in a monitored enclosure where the switchgear (or

SDTC Contributes to NxtPhase's Development Of Optical Sensors  -  Mar 9, 2007
Fiber Optics Online (press release),NxtPhase optical sensors use fiber optics for measuring current and/or voltage, eliminating the need for insulating oil and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas

Insulation improves health  -  Mar 2, 2007
Science Daily (press release)Sulfur hexafluoride -- Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a gas whose molecules consist of one sulfur atom and six fluorine atoms. It is colorless, odorless,

From Kyoto to Kiryat Ata  -  Mar 9, 2007
Jerusalem Post,...the Kyoto Protocol (including Israel) commit to reducing their emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, HFCs and PFCs.

IEEE Begins First Standards For Measuring Power Loss  -  Feb 16, 2007
Power Online (press release),...electrical standards: one for the measurement of power loss in apparatus at low power factors and the other for handling sulfur hexafluoride.

Business Cools To Greenhouse Standards  -  Mar 6, 2007
NJBIZ,They include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and sulfur hexafluoride. New Jersey seeks tougher standards in the absence of federal action.

RP joins global move to address climate change  -  Mar 1, 2007
Sun.Star,...in the atmosphere of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.

Air emission rules offer pitfalls, profits  -  Feb 27, 2007
California Farm Bureau,...gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6).

Assembly panel wants NJ emissions down by 2020  -  Feb 27, 2007
Press of Atlantic City,Greenhouse gases — which include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and sulfur hexafluoride — can be released from cars, industrial plants and even

'Christmas tree' grants to be put in the spotlight  -  Feb 26, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,The measure (A3301) aims to cut the production of six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride,

An Inconvenient Truth: William Dar, The Filipino As Global Manager  -  Feb 26, 2007
American Chronicle,Of the 6 major greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, carbon dioxide leads all the rest: methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride,

Making green computing even greener  -  Feb 26, 2007
Grist Magazine,For example, in manufacturing LCD monitors, one of the major greenhouse gas impacts is sulfur hexafluoride, a greenhouse gas with impacts many thousands of

EPA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON US GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY  -  Feb 21, 2007
World-Wire (press release)These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. The draft report indicates that

Give Us a Break  -  Feb 23, 2007
FAIR...nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride--rose by more than 11 percent from 1990 to 1998.

EPA Gives Awards For Reducing Emissions  -  Nov 29, 2006
Pollution Online (press release),11/28/2006 Washington, DC — As part of its efforts to reduce emissions from sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), the US Environmental Protection Agency presented

EPA Gives Awards for Reducing Emissions  -  Nov 28, 2006
NewsBlaze,As part of its efforts to reduce emissions from sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), the US Environmental Protection Agency presented awards to three companies for

Global warming - A grave threat  -  Dec 5, 2006
The Brunei Times,The greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, Methane, Hydrofluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons, Sulfur hexafluoride. Today's atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are

News Briefs: (1) EPA Gives Awards for Reducing Emissions; (2) EPA ...  -  Nov 28, 2006
Autochannel (press release)...(202) 564-4355 / smith.roxanne@epa.gov As part of its efforts to reduce emissions from sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), the US Environmental Protection Agency

More Evidence of Global Warming  -  Nov 28, 2006
Infoshop NewsMore formidable greenhouse gases that are not known to occur naturally are hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

Global warming is a grave threat  -  Nov 27, 2006
Yemen Times,Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, hydro fluorocarbons, per fluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. Today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide levels

Portal Vein Thrombosis May Alter the Correct Evaluation of ...  -  Nov 22, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)After delivery of an intravenous bolus of 2.4 mL of a 0.5% stabilized aqueous suspension of sulfur hexafluoride microbubbles with a phospholipidic shell

Climate change primer  -  Oct 8, 2006
BurlingtonFreePress.com,Powerful greenhouse gases that don't occur naturally include hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), which are ...

Caribbean citizens should boycott polluting companies!  -  Oct 8, 2006
Caribbean Net News,...to reduce emissions of the gases that contribute to global warming which are methane, HFCs and PFCs, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and sulfur hexafluoride. ...

Cabinet unveils emissions bill  -  Oct 5, 2006
Taiwan Journal,...and lists common sources of six major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. ...

New bill aims to cut greenhouse gases  -  Sep 21, 2006
Taiwan Headlines,...to curb emissions of five major greenhouse gases, namely carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. ...

Calif. greenhouse gas bill draws praise, cautions  -  Sep 22, 2006
People's Weekly WorldBesides carbon dioxide, the bill lists as greenhouse gases methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride. ...

Nike Goes For The Green  -  Sep 19, 2006
BusinessWeekNow a German environmental magazine was attacking companies that used a super-potent greenhouse gas called sulfur hexafluoride, or SF6. ...

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