In database:

600-6500 cm-1

19.7-248 nm

Sulfur Hexaflouride (SF₆)
146.05 g/mole
Freezing point -50 C
Boiling point (sublimes)
HITRAN number: 30

Infrared cross-sections from PNNL
FTIR infrared cross-sections from 560 to 6000 cm^-1
Data available at 5 C, 25 C, and 50 C
Spectra is composite of on the order of 10 different pressures,backfilled with nitrogen to 760 T.
Images of PNNL data in wavenumbers
Images of PNNL data in microns

Infrared cross-sections from HITRAN
FTIR infrared cross-sections from 925 to 950 cm^-1.
32 T/P combinations available:

Temp (K)	Pres.1 (T)	Pres.2 (T)	Pres.3 (T)	Pres.4 (T)	Pres.5 (T)
295	760.2
273	550.1
245	452.7	355.1	287.4
233	331.3	255.3	190.1
225	170.9	133.8	100.7	78.1	41.1	20.6
216	170.2	140.3	100.1	75.2	40.5	20.2
215.9	90.0	47.6	25.3
200	75.5	40.2	21.0
190	75.2	40.5	25.4
180	75.3	35.6	20.3

Images of HITRAN data

Line list from HITRAN
Data from 942 to 950 cm^-1.
Images of HITRAN data

Other references
Please see The MPI-Mainz UV/VIS Spectral Atlas

First high-resolution Raman spectrum and analysis of the v₅ bending fundamental of SF₆; V. Boudon and D. Bermejo; J. Mol. Spec. 213:139-144 Jun 2002
Figure 1 showing 524-542 cm^-1
High-resolution spectroscopy and analysis of the v₄ bending region of SF₆ near 615 cm^-1; V. Boudon, G. Pierre and H. Burger; J. Mol. Spec. 205(2):304-311 Feb 2001
Figure 1 showing 600-630 cm^-1
Simultaneous Analysis of the v₂ Raman and v₂+v₆ Infrared Spectra of the SF₆ Molecule; D. Bermejo et al.; J. Mol. Spec. 201(1):164-171 May 2000

Notes
n₁ near 775 cm^-1, Raman active
n₂ near 643 cm^-1, Raman active
n₃ stretching fundamental near 948 cm^-1
n₄ near 615 cm^-1
n₅ bending fundamental, Raman active, 524 cm^-1
n₆ inactive in both Raman and infrared 346 cm^-1




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