Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Pentafluoroethane is a refrigerant with the formula CF3CHF2. Although it has zero ozone depletion potential it has high global warming potential reported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as 3450 times that of carbon dioxide.Pentafluoroethane in an zeotropic mixture with difluoromethane is known as R-410A a common replacement for various chlorofluorocarbons (commonly known as Freon) in new refrigerant systems.
