Hydrofluoric Acid Definition

hīdrō-flo͝orĭk, -flôr-
noun
A strong, fuming acid that is a water solution of the gas, or liquid, hydrogen fluoride (H6F6, H4F4, H2F2, or HF, depending on the temperature): it reacts with silicates and is used in etching glass.
Webster's New World
A colorless, fuming, corrosive, dangerously poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen fluoride, HF, used to etch or polish glass, pickle certain metals, and clean masonry.
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Hydrofluoric Acid Sentence Examples

  • Electrolysis of a solution in hydrofluoric acid gives cobaltic fluoride, CoF3.

  • Fluorsulphonic acid, SO 2 F OH, is a mobile liquid obtained by the action of an excess of hydrofluoric acid on well-cooled sulphur trioxide.

  • Balard completed for many years Berzelius's group of " halogen " elements; the remaining member, fluorine, notwithstanding many attempts, remained unisolated until 1886, when Henri Moissan obtained it by the electrolysis of potassium fluoride dissolved in hydrofluoric acid.

  • Hydrobromic and hydriodic acids were investigated by Gay Lussac and Balard, while hydrofluoric acid received considerable attention at the hands of Gay Lussac, Thenard and Berzelius.

  • Columbium pentafluoride, CbF5, is obtained when the pentoxide is dissolved in hydrofluoric acid.

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