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Index of Semiconductor Process Gases - Sulfur Hexafluoride

SULFUR
HEXAFLUORIDE

M.W. [1]

146.056

N.B.P [2]

222.45 K

T.P [2]

223.55607(35) K

SF6

Pc [2]

3.76 MPa

Tc [2]

318.7 K

Vc [3]

0.19582 m3/kmol

Note: In the tables, # is used for properties obtained from estimation methods. * and + are used to distinguish between differing data sets within a single column. If no uncertainty is specified, then no uncertainty was provided by the reference.

T

K

 $$ \frac{C_P^0(T)} {R} $$

Vapor Pressure

MPa

B(T)

cm3·
mol-1

dB/dT·T

cm3·
mol-1

C(T)

cm6·
mol-2

dC/dT·T

cm6·
mol-2

λ

mW/
(m·K)

η

µPa·s

Estimated
Uncertainty

1%/0.1%

1%

Gas densities are calculated to better than 0.1% over the temperature and pressure ranges of the reference.

5.0%

0.5%

Reference

1,5

6

5

5

5

5

7

7

223

*9.17

0.23

-528.8

1190.2

-22326

450223

7.0

11.76

225

*9.25

0.25

-518.2

1164.6

-18470

413996

7.1

11.86

230

*9.43

0.31

-493.3

1104.5

-10258

335752

7.4

12.09

235

*9.61

0.37

-470.2

1049.6

-3741

272172

7.6

12.33

240

*9.79

0.45

-448.6

999.3

1426

220292

7.9

12.56

245

*9.97

0.54

-428.5

952.9

5517

177801

8.2

12.80

250

+10.09

0.64

-409.7

910.2

8747

142881

8.4

13.03

255

+10.26

0.75

-392.0

870.7

11283

114101

8.7

13.26

260

+10.43

0.88

-375.5

834.1

13261

90319

9.0

13.49

265

+10.60

1.02

-359.9

800.1

14789

70626

9.3

13.73

270

+10.76

1.18

-345.3

768.4

15952

54291

9.5

13.96

275

+10.92

1.36

-331.4

738.9

16820

40723

9.8

14.19

280

+11.08

1.55

-318.4

711.4

17449

29444

10.1

14.42

285

+11.23

1.77

-306.0

685.6

17885

20064

10.4

14.65

290

+11.38

2.00

-294.3

661.4

18164

12264

10.7

14.88

295

+11.53

2.26

-283.2

638.7

18317

5783

11.0

15.10

300

+11.68

2.53

-272.6

617.4

18368

404

11.3

15.33

305

+11.82

2.83

-262.6

597.3

18337

-4049

11.6

15.56

310

+11.96

3.16

-253.0

578.3

18240

-7727

11.9

15.78

315

+12.10

3.50

-243.9

560.4

18091

-10750

12.2

16.01

318.7

+12.20

3.77

-237.5

547.8

17955

-12628

12.4

16.18

320

+12.23

-

-235.2

543.5

17902

-13224

12.5

16.23

340

+12.74

-

-204.1

484.2

16896

-19136

13.6

17.12

360

+13.21

-

-177.9

435.6

15733

-21118

14.8

18.00

380

+13.64

-

-155.4

395.3

14585

-21099

16.0

18.87

400

+14.03

-

-136.1

361.3

13526

-20092

17.2

19.73

420

+14.38

-

-119.1

332.3

12580

-18635

18.3

20.57

440

+14.70

-

-104.3

307.3

11750

-17016

19.4

21.40

460

+14.99

-

-91.1

285.6

11030

-15390

20.5

22.22

480

+15.20

-

-79.4

266.6

10408

-13834

21.6

23.02

500

*15.44

-

-68.8

249.8

9873

-12386

22.6

23.81

550

*15.95

-

-46.7

215.4

8843

-9300

25.2

25.74

600

*16.37

-

-29.1

188.8

8141

-6925

27.7

27.59

650

*16.71

-

-14.9

167.7

7661

-5121

30.0

29.37

700

*16.99

-

-3.1

150.6

7334

-3752

32.3

31.08

750

*17.22

-

6.8

136.5

7112

-2709

34.4

32.73

800

17.42

-

15.2

124.6

6964

-1910

36.5

34.32

850

*17.58

-

22.4

114.5

6867

-1295

38.4

35.84

900

*17.73

-

28.7

105.8

6807

-819

-

-

950

*17.85

-

34.2

98.2

6773

-449

-

-

1000

*17.95

-

39.1

91.5

6758

-162

-

-

 

References:

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Footnote:

# is used for properties obtained from estimation methods.
* and + are used to distinguish between differing data sets within a single column.

Created December 31, 2009, Updated March 1, 2023