Perfluorooctanoic acidPerfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA; conjugate base perfluorooctanoate; also known colloquially as C8, from its chemical formula C8HF15O2) is a perfluorinated carboxylic acid produced and used worldwide as an industrial surfactant in chemical processes and as a chemical precursor. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Perfluorooctanoic acid, revision 1380016586.

Property

Value

Formula

C8HF15O2, 414.06 g/mol

Melting point

45 °C

Boiling point

190.5 °C

Density

1.8 g/cm³

pKa

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