potassium fluoride
nounChemistry.
a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, toxic powder, KF, used chiefly as an insecticide, a disinfectant, and in etching glass.
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This liquid is not an electrolyte, but becomes such when potassium fluoride is dissolved in it.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPhersonThe portion insoluble in water is readily dissolved in hydrofluoric acid, and is converted into zircon potassium fluoride.
Aqueous potash does not form potassium hypofluorite when fluorine is bubbled into it, but only potassium fluoride.
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