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tetrafluoride
[ te-truh-floor-ahyd, -flawr-, -flohr- ]
/ ˌtɛ trəˈflʊər aɪd, -ˈflɔr-, -ˈfloʊr- /
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noun Chemistry.
a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.
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How to use tetrafluoride in a sentence
When warmed in a glass vessel, the latter becomes etched, owing to the formation of silicon tetrafluoride, SiF4.
At 500-600 it is attacked strongly, with formation of the tetrafluoride.