:Talk:Chlorotrifluoromethane

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Question:

Does Freon R22 turn acidic if exposed to extreme

heat, such as lines running through an area envolved

in a fire?

:My answer: I would say that by itself, it should not. It should be extremely stable to heat, though at VERY extreme temperatures (hotter than most fires) it may decompose to give :CF2 and ClF. However, it may form small amounts of hydrogen fluoride (HF) if it is heated in the presence of water or organic-type materials (such as plastics), and HF is acidic and HIGHLY corrosive. In a normal fire scenario, I'd say it would give no (or almost no) acidic by-products. Walkerma (talk) 18:42, 4 February 2011 (UTC)