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lithium fluoride

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a fine, white, slightly water-soluble powder, LiF, used chiefly in the manufacture of ceramics.


Etymology

Origin of lithium fluoride

First recorded in 1940–45


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Scientists studying batteries generally regard lithium fluoride as a necessary component of a good interphase.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2024

The researchers created solid-state qubits from the rare-earth metal terbium, doped into crystals of yttrium lithium fluoride.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2024

The researchers stumbled upon the phenomenon of qubit pairs when probing terbium doped yttrium lithium fluoride with microwave spectroscopy.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2024

Transatomic instead uses a lithium fluoride – uranium fluoride salt, which can contain about 27 times more uranium.

From Forbes ● Sep. 22, 2014

When the magnetism is removed, the lithium fluoride gets colder.

From Time Magazine Archive

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