Editing Fluorocarbon (section)

===Applications===
As they are inert, perfluoroalkanes have essentially no chemical uses, but their physical properties have led to their use in many diverse applications. These include:
*[[Perfluorocarbon tracer]]
*[[Liquid dielectric]]
*[[Chemical vapor deposition]]
*[[Organic Rankine cycle]]
*Fluorous biphasic catalysis<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chemistry.illinois.edu/system/files/inline-files/Flannigan.pdf |title=Fluorous Biphasic Catalysis |access-date= |first = David J. |last=Flannigan |date = 21 November 2002|website = chemistry.illinois.edu}}</ref>
*Cosmetics
*Ski waxes
As well as several medical uses:
*[[Contrast-enhanced ultrasound]]
*[[perfluorocarbon emulsions#Oxygen Therapeutics|Oxygen Therapeutics]]
*[[Blood substitute]]
*[[Liquid breathing]]
*Eye surgery <ref name=Imamura>{{cite journal
 |author1=Imamura Y|author2=Minami M|author3=Ueki M|author4=Satoh B|author5=Ikeda T|title=Use of perfluorocarbon liquid during vitrectomy for severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy
 |journal=Br J Ophthalmol |volume=87 |issue=5 |pages=563–566 |year=2003 |doi=10.1136/bjo.87.5.563|pmid=12714393|pmc=1771679}}</ref>
*Tattoo removal <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aslms.org/professional/documents/EditorsChoiceLSMFeb45.2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519154936/http://www.aslms.org/professional/documents/EditorsChoiceLSMFeb45.2.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-19 }}</ref>