Structured Summary
Abstract
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.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- F6S
- Molecular Weight
- 146.06 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 2551-62-4
- IUPAC Name
- hexafluoro-lambda6-sulfane
- InChIKey
- SFZCNBIFKDRMGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- FS(F)(F)(F)(F)F
- MeSH Unique ID
- D013459
- Source
- PubChem CID 17358
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Classification
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Synonyms
1 entry terms
- Hexafluoride, Sulfur
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Aspects Covered
24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
an inert gas used in resp physiol studies
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History Note
91(80); was see under FLUORIDES 1980-90
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Previous Indexing
- Fluorides (1966-1979)
- Gases (1966-1979)
- Sulfur (1966-1979)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sulfur Hexafluoride. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013459. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013459
- Sulfur Hexafluoride. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_hexafluoride
- Sulfur Hexafluoride. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q279055
- Sulfur Hexafluoride. In: PubChem Compound. CID 17358. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/17358