CO2 laser-induced interaction between sulfur hexafluoride and carbon disulfide

Interaction between carbon disulfide and sulfur hexafluoride is excited by cw CO₂ laser radiation and has been investigated for different ratios over a pressure range from 3.1 to 34.6 kPa. The reaction yields sulfur tetrafluoride, sulfur, carbon, thiocarbonyl fluoride, tetrafluoromethane and hexafluoroethane, the ratio of these latter products is dependent on the partial pressure of sulfur hexafluoride in the initial CS₂-SF₆ mixture. Interaction is considered to include both the SF₆-sensitized decomposition of carbon disulfide and reaction between sulfur hexafluoride and carbon disulfide.