Chlorinated Paraffins

[Don Stefanik]

Any chemists out there that can explain the difference between the short chain (C10-C13) and medium chain (C14-C21) and the long chain (C22-C26) Chlorinated Paraffins.

Is the longer, highly saturated variety (C22-C26)more stable and less volital, and less likely to be corrosive to bearings, unlike the shorter chain Chlorines?

 

[labman]

The longer the chain, the less volitile. They should also be slightly less reactive. As far as I know, they should all be highly saturated.

Frankly I am a big fan of straight chain alkanes where you are looking for chemical stablity. Unfortunately their VI sucks.