GenX
Trademark name for a synthetic, organofluorine chemical compound / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the organic chemical. For the open source energy system model, see open energy system models § GenX. For other uses, see GenX (disambiguation).
GenX is a Chemours trademark name for a synthetic, short-chain organofluorine chemical compound, the ammonium salt of hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA). It can also be used more informally to refer to the group of related fluorochemicals that are used to produce GenX.[1][2] DuPont began the commercial development of GenX in 2009 as a replacement for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, also known as C8).[3]
GenX is one of many synthetic organofluorine compounds collectively known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).