The high-tech manufacturing industries of today depend on engineered fluids. These fluids are widely used across the electronics, semiconductor, chemical processing, aerospace, automotive, and power generation industries among others. Applications in use are broad and include electronics cooling, heating, cleaning and testing.
Halocarbon Engineered Fluids are inert, chemically stable and nonflammable fluids designed to meet the needs of today’s advanced manufacturing industries. These fluids are built on the Halocarbon PCTFE (polychlorotrifluoroethylene) platform and provide properties comparable to other fluoropolymer fluids such as the PFPE-based (perfluoropolyether) Galden fluids. These properties include high specific heats, high thermal conductivity, low surface tension, high dielectric constants and high dielectric strengths. For these reasons, Halocarbon Engineered Fluids are well suited for use in applications like vapor phase soldering, immersion cooling and heat transfer, two-phase immersion cooling, and electronic reliability testing (thermal shock resistance).
Due to the critical nature of these operations, product reliability and performance are understandably of primary importance. Halocarbon Engineered Fluids are backed by over 75 years of fluorochemical expertise and knowledge. When comparing these fluids to other engineered fluids on the market, Halocarbon engineered fluids can provide more economical benefit for comparable properties required in specific applications.
One-to-one comparison: Galden HT230 and HT270 vs. Halocarbon 4.2 and 6.3
For example, let’s compare the performance of oils engineered for heat transfer applications.
Galden HT230 and HT270 are popular high boiling point heat transfer fluids (HTFs) whose viscosity, vapor pressure and dielectric values make them appropriate for applications like semiconductor etching and implantation. During this process, semiconductor manufacturing fluid is used as coolant in chillers to remove excess heat during manufacturing. This process requires stable and efficient heat transfer over wide temperature ranges. Although efficient, due to price increases in certain dielectric fluids over the last couple of years, this efficiency comes at a steep cost.
With over 12,000 quality, health, and safety standards in use around the world, ASTM International is recognized as a leader in global voluntary consensus standards. In tests following ASTM physical standards, Halocarbon 4.2 and Halocarbon 6.3 are shown to be cost-effective Galden replacements for these heat transfer applications.
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Comparable in both vapor pressure and viscosity, the Halocarbon oils show similar properties to the Galden products in terms of both thermal conductivity and boiling point. However, Halocarbon 4.2 and 6.3 demonstrate higher dielectric strength and dielectric constant than the Galden engineered fluids while maintaining thermal conductivity, making them better insulators.
When examining the final test results, Halocarbon heat exchange fluids compare favorably to their pricier Galden counterparts on key characteristics. The performance vs Galden shows that, for heat transfer applications, Halocarbon oils can be used without compromising capabilities.
Halocarbon offers a wide portfolio of engineered fluids for heat transfer and a broad variety of other applications that meet the most exacting safety and performance standards without breaking the bank. If you’d like to learn more, talk to one of our experts today. Or visit InfinX, our online ecommerce platform, to purchase a small quantity of Halocarbon 4.2 or Halocarbon 6.3 to test in your operation.
