The invention relates to the use of a gas as a medium for electrically isolating and/or extinguishing electric arcs, said gas comprising a hexafluorobutene. The invention also relates to an electric device comprising a sealed chamber inside which electric components and said gas are located.

The invention relates to the use of a gas as a medium for electrically isolating and/or extinguishing electric arcs, said gas comprising a hexafluorobutene. The invention also relates to an electric device comprising a sealed chamber inside which electric components and said gas are located.

Disclosed is a mixture comprising the compound trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of HFOs, HFCs, HFEs, CFCs, CO2, olefins, organic acids, alcohols, hydrocarbons, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, and others such as methyl formate, formic acid, trans-1,2 dichloroethylene, carbon dioxide, cis-HFO-1234ze+HFO-1225yez, mixtures of these plus water; mixtures of these plus CO2; mixtures of these trans 1,2-dichloroethylene (DCE); mixtures of these plus methyl formate; mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+CO2, mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+HFO-1225yez+CO2, and mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+HFC-245fa. Also disclosed are methods of using and products of using the above compositions as blowing agents, solvents, heat transfer compositions, aerosol propellant compositions, fire extinguishing and suppressant compositions.

Disclosed is a mixture comprising the compound trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of HFOs, HFCs, HFEs, CFCs, CO2, olefins, organic acids, alcohols, hydrocarbons, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, and others such as methyl formate, formic acid, trans-1,2 dichloroethylene, carbon dioxide, cis-HFO-1234ze+HFO-1225yez, mixtures of these plus water; mixtures of these plus CO2; mixtures of these trans 1,2-dichloroethylene (DCE); mixtures of these plus methyl formate; mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+CO2, mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+HFO-1225yez+CO2, and mixtures with cis-HFO-1234ze+HFC-245fa. Also disclosed are methods of using and products of using the above compositions as blowing agents, solvents, heat transfer compositions, aerosol propellant compositions, fire extinguishing and suppressant compositions.

The present invention relates to a dielectric-insulation or arc-extinction fluid for an apparatus for the generation, the transmission, the distribution and/or the usage of electrical energy, the fluid being a mixture comprising a fluoroolefin and oxygen. According the fluoroolefin is a monohydrofluoroolefin containing from 4 to 5 carbon atoms, the hydrogen atom being bound to a carbon atom of the double bond or directly adjacent to the double bond.

The present invention relates to a dielectric-insulation or arc-extinction fluid for an apparatus for the generation, the transmission, the distribution and/or the usage of electrical energy, the fluid being a mixture comprising a fluoroolefin and oxygen. According the fluoroolefin is a monohydrofluoroolefin containing from 4 to 5 carbon atoms, the hydrogen atom being bound to a carbon atom of the double bond or directly adjacent to the double bond.

The invention relates to a method for drying a chamber comprising a predominantly protective-gas atmosphere in the chamber under positive pressure, which has an operating pressure p1 and a predetermined minimum pressure p.sub.min, wherein the minimum pressure p.sub.min of the gas chamber is monitored and the operating pressure p1 is greater than the minimum pressure p.sub.min, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) removing of a partial quantity Vi of the protective gas from the chamber, wherein the partial quantity Vi is equivalent to the pressure differential p, which is smaller or equal to the differential between p1 and p.sub.min, b) introducing a partial quantity V2 of a dry or dried protective gas into the gas chamber up to a gas pressure p2, which is greater than p.sub.min and c) repeating method steps a) and b) after a predetermined waiting time t. The invention further relates to an arrangement for carrying out the method.

The invention relates to a method for drying a chamber comprising a predominantly protective-gas atmosphere in the chamber under positive pressure, which has an operating pressure p1 and a predetermined minimum pressure p.sub.min, wherein the minimum pressure p.sub.min of the gas chamber is monitored and the operating pressure p1 is greater than the minimum pressure p.sub.min, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) removing of a partial quantity Vi of the protective gas from the chamber, wherein the partial quantity Vi is equivalent to the pressure differential p, which is smaller or equal to the differential between p1 and p.sub.min, b) introducing a partial quantity V2 of a dry or dried protective gas into the gas chamber up to a gas pressure p2, which is greater than p.sub.min and c) repeating method steps a) and b) after a predetermined waiting time t. The invention further relates to an arrangement for carrying out the method.

Disclosed are compositions comprising HCFC-243db, HCFO-1233xf, HCFC-244db and/or HFO-1234yf and at least one additional compound. For the composition comprising 1234yf, the additional compound is selected from the group consisting of HFO-1234ze, HFO-1243zf, HCFC-243db, HCFC-244db, HFC-245cb, HFC-245fa, HCFO-1233xf, HCFO-1233zd, HCFC-253fb, HCFC-234ab, HCFC-243fa, ethylene, HFC-23, CFC-13, HFC-143a, HFC-152a, HFC-236fa, is HCO-1130, HCO-1130a, HFO-1336, HCFC-133a, HCFC-254fb, CHF?CHCl, HFO-1141, HCFO-1242zf, HCFO-1223xd, HCFC-233ab, HCFC-226ba, and HFC-227ca. Compositions comprising HCFC-243db, HCFO-1233xf, and/or HCFC-244db are useful in processes to make HFO-1234yf. Compositions comprising HFO-1234yf are useful, among other uses, as heat transfer compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump systems.

The present invention relates to compositions comprising 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane and trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, which are of use in numerous fields of application.