Trifluoromethane is a volatile organic compound which does not generally undergo photochemical reactions This study was done in order to (a) attempt to induce photochemical reactions of CHF3 which was adsorbed onto alkali halide surfaces, and (b) study the desorption of the CHF3 from the salt surface. The trifluoromethane was adsorbed onto NaCl, KCl, and KBR surfaces, oxygen was introduced into the system, and the system was irradiated using a UV source. The system was monitored using an FTIR spectrophotometer. There was no evidence of any reactions taking place during the experiments upon inspection of the spectra. The next phase of the current work was designed to study the desorption kinetics of CHF3. The activation energy of CHF3 on NaCl was determined experimentally from the experiment to be 24907 J mol-1. This correlates with the calculated value, 20 kJ mol-1. The experiments and results, as well as the appropriate discussions will be presented in this paper.