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HYDROGEN FLUORIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrogen fluoride mean?
• HYDROGEN FLUORIDE (noun)
The noun HYDROGEN FLUORIDE has 1 sense:
1. a colorless poisonous corrosive liquid made by the action of sulphuric acid on calcium fluoride; solutions in water are hydrofluoric acid
Familiarity information: HYDROGEN FLUORIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless poisonous corrosive liquid made by the action of sulphuric acid on calcium fluoride; solutions in water are hydrofluoric acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hydrogen fluoride" is a kind of...):
fluoride (a salt of hydrofluoric acid)
Context examples
Vinyl fluoride is extremely flammable and emits highly toxic hydrogen fluoride gas when burned.
(Monofluoroethene, NCI Thesaurus)
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