PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HIGH-PURITY HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE AND CLEANING GAS

摘要

A process for industrially advantageously producing high-purity hexafluoropropylene; and a use of this high-purity hexafluoropropylene, specifically, a cleaning gas for removing deposits in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus or liquid-crystal manufacturing apparatus. In the process for high-purity hexafluoropropylene production, crude hexafluoropropylene produced by the pyrolysis of chlorodifluoromethane is purified to thereby produce high-purity hexafluoropropylene. It comprises: a step (1) in which the crude hexafluoropropylene is brought into contact with an adsorbent comprising a zeolite having an average micropore diameter of 3.4-11 Å and/or a carbonaceous adsorbent having an average micropore diameter of 3.5-11 Å to reduce the content of chlorine compounds and/or hydrocarbons in the crude hexafluoropropylene; and a step (2) in which the hexafluoropropylene obtained in the step (1) is distilled to reduce the content of low-boiling ingredients therein.