calcium fluoride
Americannoun
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Room to improve: Add a mineralizer such as calcium fluoride or sulfate to lower the lime’s melting temperature, saving energy.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2023
For example, the usual method of preparing hydrogen fluoride is by heating a mixture of calcium fluoride, CaF2, and concentrated sulfuric acid:
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Heating the hydroxide produces aluminum oxide, Al2O3, which dissolves in a molten mixture of cryolite, Na3AlF6, and calcium fluoride, CaF2.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Solid calcium fluoride can also be prepared by the reaction of aqueous solutions of calcium chloride and sodium fluoride, yielding aqueous sodium chloride as the other product.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Fluor, flōō′or, n. a mineral often described as chemically fluate of lime, but really calcium fluoride, found abundantly in Derbyshire—also Flu′or-spar, Flu′orite.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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