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tetrafluoride

American  
[te-truh-floor-ahyd, -flawr-, -flohr-] / ˌtɛ trəˈflʊər aɪd, -ˈflɔr-, -ˈfloʊr- /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a fluoride containing four fluorine atoms.


Etymology

Origin of tetrafluoride

First recorded in 1905–10; tetra- + fluoride

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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

It is possible to prepare silicon tetrafluoride by the reaction of silicon dioxide with hydrofluoric acid:

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Except for silicon tetrafluoride, silicon halides are extremely sensitive to water.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

It's what nuclear chemists call uranium tetrafluoride, a grainy substance that can be used to make fuel for a nuclear reactor or fissile material for a bomb.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the reaction is performed in the fluorspar tube, the resulting gaseous silicon tetrafluoride, SiF4, may be collected over mercury.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various

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