| Chemical Properties |
colourless oily liquid |
| Uses |
HF/SbF5 is an excellent medium for the preparation of alkylidene oxonium salts.1 |
| Uses |
In the fluorination of organic Compounds, see the monograph Preparation, Properties and Technology of Fluorine and Organic Fluoro Compounds, C. Slesser, S. R. Schram, Eds. (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1951) 868 pp. |
| General Description |
A colorless, oily liquid. Fumes irritate the eyes and mucous membranes. Toxic. Corrosive to metals and tissue. Extremely dangerous to tissue; its burns may be followed by gangrene. Only shipped in cylinders. Under prolonged exposure to heat cylinders may violently rupture and rocket. Used to make other chemicals as well as a catalyst in the manufacture of other chemicals. |
| Reactivity Profile |
ANTIMONY PENTAFLUORIDE is strongly acidic. Reacts vigorously with bases. When heated to decomposition, ANTIMONY PENTAFLUORIDE emits highly toxic fumes of fluorides and metallic antimony. Reacts with ammonia to form a diammoniate. |
| Health Hazard |
The compound is irritating to eyes, skin, and lungs. Contact with eyes or skin causes severe burns. The compound is extremely toxic with a probable oral lethal dose of 5-50 mg/kg or between 7 drops and one teaspoonful for a 150 pound person (antimony salts). |
| Fire Hazard |
Reacts violently with water, to form poisonous hydrogen fluoride fumes. If confined and wet can cause explosion. May cause fire in contact with combustible material. Hazardous polymerization may not occur. |
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