[jusy1]

Hello everybody.

I would like to ask you a question about distillation.
If perfluorocarbons are inert, safe and have weak intermolecular forces, causing them not to mix with almost every compound, why aren't they used in a co-distillation process?
For example, couldn't we use a mixture of perfluorohexane and water to distill at app. 50 ºC and decant the mixture afterwards?

Thank you

[eugenedakin]

Hi jusy1,

Perfluorocarbons are also potent greenhouse gases and have a long-term problem, as they have a life of up to 50,000 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorocarbon

I hope this helps,

Eugene