trifluoride
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trifluoride
Example Sentences
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One example is nitrogen trifluoride, a greenhouse gas that is 16,100 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping atmospheric heat.
From The Verge ● Dec. 5, 2019
Elemental boron is chemically inert at room temperature, reacting with only fluorine and oxygen to form boron trifluoride, BF3, and boric oxide, B2O3, respectively.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
For example, in the Lewis structures of beryllium dihydride, BeH2, and boron trifluoride, BF3, the beryllium and boron atoms each have only four and six electrons, respectively.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Thanks to a note from reader Robert L., I can report that there is indeed such a reagent: chlorine trifluoride.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2013
It sometimes appears combined with fluorine in chlorine trifluoride.
From Uller Uprising by Clark, John D.
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