fluoboric acid

noun Chemistry.

a clear, colorless liquid, HBF4, that ionizes abundantly in solution, used chiefly in the synthesis of fluoborates.

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Origin of fluoboric acid

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby fluoboric acid

flunkey, flunkout, flunky, fluoborate, fluoboric, fluoboric acid, fluocinonide, fluon, fluophosphate, fluophosphoric acid, fluor
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