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silver fluoride

noun, Chemistry.

1.

a yellow or brownish, crystalline, water-soluble, hygroscopic solid, AgF, used chiefly as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

Also called tachiol.

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Its properties agree with those of the fluoride of iodine prepared by Gore by the action of iodine on silver fluoride.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various

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