tetrafluoride
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tetrafluoride
Example Sentences
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The volatile silicon tetrafluoride escapes from these reactions.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
It is possible to prepare silicon tetrafluoride by the reaction of silicon dioxide with hydrofluoric acid:
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Xenon tetrafluoride, XeF4, and xenon hexafluoride, XeF6, are prepared in an analogous manner, with a stoichiometric amount of fluorine and an excess of fluorine, respectively.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Among the faculty stars is Physicist Howard H. Claassen, part of the three-man team that synthesized a new chemical compound, xenon tetrafluoride, from an inert element.
From Time Magazine Archive
A mixture of gaseous fluorides of carbon are produced whenever carbon of any variety is acted upon by fluorine, the predominating constituent being the tetrafluoride, CF4.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
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