Electric Grade
Sulfur hexafluoride application as dielectric gas
Gas insulated high voltage circuit breakers and other switchgears
Gas insulated power transmission lines and power distribution substations
High voltage transformers, linear accelerators, coaxial cables, waveguides, switches,x-ray apparatus and capacitors.
Metallurgic Grade
Sulfur hexafluoride foundry Applications and metal casting
Component of inert atmosphere during the primary casting of Aluminum and Magnesium. Refining agent for Aluminum foundry applications. N2 / SF6 gas mixtures (5 - 10 % by volume of SF6) are employed to refine pure Aluminum or its alloys at melt temperatures in the range 650 - 750 °C. SF6 is a source of fluorine atoms reacting in the melt and removing inclusions of H2, oxides, particles and other casting impurity.