(inorganic chemistry) A ternary compound of oxygen and fluorine.
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Other Word Forms of Oxyfluoride
Noun
Singular:
oxyfluoride
Plural:
oxyfluorides
Oxyfluoride Sentence Examples
The oxyfluoride, CbOF 3, results when a mixture of the pentoxide and fluorspar is heated in a current of hydrochloric acid.
The oxyfluoride, Cr02F2, is obtained in a similar manner to the oxychloride by using fluorspar in place of common salt.
It does not burn in air, but explodes, under the action of a flame or the electric spark, when mixed with half its volume of oxygen, giving the oxyfluoride, POF 3.
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