Resistive Plate Chambers (RPCs) have long relied on gas mixtures built around C2H2F4
(TFE) and SF6, both potent, high-GWP greenhouse gases now subject to tightening regulatory and
supply constraints. As a lower-GWP alternative to TFE, CO2-diluted C3H2F4 (F-HFO) has been
proposed, while its chlorinated analogue, C3H2ClF3 (Cl-HFO), has been investigated
independently as a streamer suppressant capable of replacing SF6. Most mixtures studied to date,
however, still contain either TFE or SF6. This work aims to eliminate both simultaneously.
We report a preliminary Monte Carlo investigation, carried out with Geant4 and
Garfield++, of two CO2-based mixture families designed to be entirely free of TFE and SF6. The
first revisits the CO2/F-HFO/i-C4H10/Cl-HFO system, examining CO2:F-HFO ratios not previously
reported. The second introduces an untested quaternary composition, Ar/CO2/N2/Cl-HFO, in
which the fluorinated component is replaced by an argon-based matrix. In both mixtures, Cl-HFO
is retained at minority concentration, acting as the streamer-suppressing agent in place of SF6.
For each mixture, we compute the Townsend and attachment coefficients, gas gain, drift
velocity, efficiency, and streamer probability as functions of the applied field, benchmarking the
results against the standard TFE/SF6 mixture. The analysis addresses shifts in operating voltage,
plateau width, and whether Cl-HFO can sustain effective streamer suppression in a non-fluorinated
base gas, outlining open questions to guide future experimental validation.