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Fluorinert is great

What about Formic acid? Thanx 68.39.174.91 18:47, 10 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Can you fully dry electronic components after you pull them out of Fluorinert and use them on air or are they "lost" forever once you put them in Fluorinert? How long does it take to dry them?

In the late 1980's and early 90's I worked on two Cray 2 computers (#2015 and 2028). On a monthly basis the Cray hardware guys would bring them down for maintenance. They pulled modules that had memory errors and replaced them with spares. After they brought the Cray back online, they would take apart and repair the failed modules, test them, and then put them back on the shelf as a spare. So pulling them out of the Fluorinert and working on them dry did not seem to harm them at all. I don't know how long it took to dry them, but the Cray guys said that the Fluorinert evaporated quickly, so they had to add a couple of gallons every month to the Crays to replace what evaporated from the sealed system. TechieDad (talk) 04:42, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Littered with trademark suffix. Is this needed in WP?

Use as blood plasma and other medical uses

I was told by the gentlemen who run our Crays that they use it on premature babies who's lungs do not work yet to expand them and allow them to breath, AND that it can be used to replace blood plasma. I was in the military at the time and I was told the military did experiment with it but would not use it in the field because of its possible flammable/explosive properties.

Can anyone confirm any of these claims with any sources?

Thanks Joegas (talk) 12:52, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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This article needs the following elements:

1) A concise definition of what perfluorochemicals (PFCs) are.

2) An explanation of the synthetic process used to manufacture PFCs in general and Fluorinet liquids in particular.

3) The chemical name and chemical structure of each of the Fluorinet liquids.

4) Explication that Fluorinet liquids are not chemically uniform, in other words, that each type of Fluorinet liquid will typically have different chain lengths. The reason for this (one being the high cost of purification of PFC liquids with completely defined chemical characteristics) and the problems presented (especially for off-label applications in biology or medicine, such as blood substitutes or liquid ventilating media, need to be explored.

5) Replication of the physical properties table as given by 3-M. The table currently available on the 3-M Fluorinet website is very telescoped; far more complete tables are available from their printed literature (if someone wants to obtain a copy of the older, more complete table of physical properties please let me know and I will supply a pdf).

Necrobiologist 06:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC)Necrobiologist[reply]

Last edited at 06:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 15:18, 29 April 2016 (UTC)