TREATMENT OF FLUOROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS

摘要

A method of treating a fluorocarbon feedstock includes generating, in a high temperature zone, an electrical arc between at least one cathode and at leas t one anode, generating in the high temperature zone and by means of the electrical arc and a plasma gas, a thermal plasma having a tail flame, allowing a fluorocarbon feedstock comprising at least one fluorocarbon compound to form a reactive thermal mixture with the thermal plasma tail flame, with the fluorocarbon compound dissociating into at least one fluorocarbon precursor or reactive species having fewer carbon atoms than th e fluorocarbon compound, and cooling the reactive thermal mixture to form, fro m the fluorocarbon precursor or reactive species, a fluorocarbon product.