Patent ID: 8382940

Claim:
A device for generating chlorine trifluoride comprising: a plasma reactor ( 100 ); plasma generating means ( 110 , 120 , 130 , 150 , 155 , 160 , 170 , 180 ) via which a high-density plasma ( 105 ) can be generated in the interior of the plasma reactor ( 100 ); a first gas; a second gas selected to react with the first gas to form chlorine trifluoride when under the influence of a high-density plasma; and gas supply means ( 21 , 25 , 22 , 26 ) via which the first gas and the second gas can be supplied to the plasma reactor ( 100 ), these gases reacting with one another under the influence of the high-density plasma ( 105 ) in the plasma reactor ( 100 ), forming chlorine trifluoride, and a gas outlet ( 20 ) via which the formed chlorine trifluoride can be removed from the plasma reactor ( 100 ), the gas supply means including a first mass flow regulator configured to regulate the first gas to a first flow rate to the plasma reactor, and a second mass flow regulator configured to regulate the second gas to a second flow rate to the plasma reactor, wherein the first flow regulator and the second flow regulator are configured to regulate the respective first and second flow rates to provide an ideal stoichiometric conversion of the first gas and the second gas to chlorine trifluoride.