Opteon™ | Vertrel™

Specialty Fluids by The Chemours Company

Cleaning Solvents for Precision Cleaning Applications—
Perfectly Clean, Every Time

Product Information
The specialty fluids by Chemours portfolio includes
Opteon™ and Vertrel™ products. Vertrel™ products are
HFC-based and Opteon™ products are HFO-based withzero ODP and low GWP. The portfolio provides a range ofsolvency power, boiling points, compatibility with a variety
of materials, and high performance. Opteon™ and Vertrel™
specialty fluids offer customers a broad and versatile mixof product options that are better for your businessperformance and the environment.
Opteon™ and Vertrel™ specialty fluids deliver superior
solvency power while remaining safe, stable andnonflammable for every cleaning challenge you face.
From grease removal to particle removal to everything in
between, there is an Opteon™ or Vertrel™ product capableof meeting your needs.

Precision Cleaning Applications
Developed with both performance and the environment in
mind, Opteon™ and Vertrel™ specialty fluids are used for awide variety of cleaning applications, including vapor

Freeboard
Chiller Coils

Water to Drainor Treatment

PrimaryCondensing Coils

Primary Water
Separator
Vapor Blanket

Solvent
Condensate
Return Loop

Super HeatCoils

Boil Sump

Rinse Sump

Heaters

U/STransducers

FilterPump

degreasing, light and heavy soil removal, particulate/ionicremoval, oxygen systems cleaning, precision cleaning anddefluxing. Opteon™ and Vertrel™ specialty fluids areversatile enough to work in almost any industrial cleaning
application and are widely used in critical industries, suchas defense, aerospace, automotive, electronics, optics andmedical device manufacturing.

Opteon™ | Vertrel™

Specialty Fluids

Cost Benefit of Vapor Degreasing withSpecialty Fluids by Chemours

New Name, Same Trusted Global Supplier ofSpecialty Fluids

Opteon™ and Vertrel™ specialty fluids are azeotropes, ideal

The Chemours Company, formerly DuPont, is a new company

for vapor degreasing processes. They provide superior

based on more than 200 years of industry leadership andsolvency power while offering a cost benefit to customers.

innovation. From our DuPont roots came Freon™ in theProductivity is increased and cost lowered due to reduced

1930’s. Always a step ahead of the ever-changing regulatory

cycle times, ease of solvent recovery and lower energy

landscape, we brought you Vertrel™ in the early 2000’s.

consumption. Parts are cleaned thoroughly, dried quickly

Today, we bring you Opteon™—a line of zero ODP, low GWP

and exit the machine cool and spot-free.

specialty fluids products developed with HFO technology.
Vertrel™ and Opteon™ products are ideal replacements fornPB and TCE in precision cleaning applications.

Specialty Fluids by Chemours Portfolio at a Glance
Property

Units

Opteon™ SF79*

Vertrel™ SDG

Vertrel™ MCA

Vertrel™ SFR

Vertrel™ SMT

Boiling Point°C

4743394137

Flash Point (TCC and TOC)

°C

None

None

None

None

None

Kauri-Butanol Valuekb103

9525101

38

Vapor PressurekPa

44.7

51.7

61.8

57.9

64.75

Liquid Density

g/cm3

1.29

1.29

1.41

1.28

1.37

Viscosity

cP

0.42

0.59

0.49

0.58

0.47

Surface Tension

Dyn/cm2121.2

15.2

19.9

15.5

Lower Flammability Limits (LEL)

% vol

7.25

7None

77

Upper Flammability Limits (UEL)

% vol

15.25

14None1515

Liquid Specific HeatkJ/kg-°C

1.0691.121.13

1.16

1.13

Heat of Vaporization

kJ/kg

280283

181.2

285

207.1

Acceptable Exposure Limits (AEL)

ppm

201

193

200

187

192

*Formerly Opteon™ Sion

For more information on Opteon™ | Vertrel™, please visit vertrel.com or call (800) 969-4758.
The information set forth herein is furnished free of charge and based on technical data that Chemours believes to be reliable. It is intended for use by persons having technical skill, attheir own risk. Because conditions of use are outside our control, Chemours makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and assumes no liability in connection with any use of thisinformation. Nothing herein is to be taken as a license to operate under, or a recommendation to infringe, any patents or patent applications.
© 2017 The Chemours Company FC, LLC. Opteon™, Vertrel™, and any associated logos are trademarks or copyrights of The Chemours Company FC, LLC. Chemours™ and the Chemours Logo
are trademarks of The Chemours Company.
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