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Carbon Tetrafluoride (CF4) is the simplest perfluorcarbon. It is considered one of the key [[Super Greenhouse Gases]] which could help [[Terraform]] Mars. [[Fluorine]] has the strongest covalent chemical bonds, so this gas can last for a long time in Mars' high ultraviolet environment before breaking down.

===Production===
It is extremely simple to form this compound, simply burning any carbon compound (including pure carbon) with Fluorine will produce it. There are several other ways to produce this gas.

===Uses===
Apart from terraforming, it is used a a low temperature refrigerant (R-14). It is used in the semi-conductor industry.

===Greenhouse Gas===
On Earth it lasts ~50,000 years in the atmosphere before being broken up by UV radiation. Mars is farther from the sun (so less UV), but has no [[Ozone]] layer (so more UV). On the whole, CF4 will last less time on Mars, but I do not have exact values for how long. However, if life produces more oxygen in the Martian [[Atmosphere]], and an ozone layer builds up, CF4 will last longer than on Earth. This is important since life will make terraforming Mars cheaper.

Carbon Tetrafluoride warms the planet ~6,500 times more than CO2, and blocks heat in other wavelengths than CO2 does.

==References==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_tetrafluoride

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 ===Production===
-It is extremely simple to form this compound, simply burning any carbon compound (including pure carbon) with Fluorine will produce it.  There are several other ways to produce this gas.
+It is extremely simple (and inexpensive) to form this compound, simply burning any carbon compound (including pure carbon) with Fluorine will produce it.  There are several other ways to produce this gas.
 ===Uses===

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