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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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Write an equation for the reaction of solid silicon dioxide with hydrofluoric acid to yield gaseous silicon tetrafluoride and liquid water.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

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

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

Chloroform.—When chloroform is saturated with fluorine, and subsequently boiled, carbon tetrafluoride, hydrofluoric acid and chlorine are evolved.

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

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