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calcium fluoride

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noun

  1. a white, crystalline compound, CaF 2 , insoluble in water, occurring in nature as the mineral fluorite: used as a flux in metallurgy and as a decay preventive in dentifrices.


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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

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

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

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

It most abundantly occurs as apatite, a mineral consisting of calcium phosphate, with small quantities of calcium fluoride or calcium chloride.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton

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