benzyl fluoride

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless liquid, C7H7F, used in organic synthesis.

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As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
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Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.
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Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
And, in the case of fluoride, at least, that doubt might actually be justified.
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Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.
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Put into this vessel a small quantity of fluoride of calcium, and mix it with sulphuric acid.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880|Various
Acid sulphuric, a sufficient quantity to decompose the ammonia fluoride and making the mixture of a semi-fluid consistency.
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It attacks silica, forming fluoride of silicon, which is a gas.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Calcium fluoride must be first converted into sulphate by evaporation in a platinum dish with sulphuric acid.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
It occurs less abundantly as cryolite (Na3AlF6), a fluoride of aluminium and sodium, which is used in glass-making.
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