Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
fluoboride .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also
fluoboride , and formerlyfluoborate .
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- noun chemistry A double
fluoride ofboron andhydrogen , or some other positive element orradical .
Etymologies
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boron + fluoride.
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Examples
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Potassium borofluoride may be readily prepared from cryolite.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. Various
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Finely ground zircon is quickly rendered soluble if fused with a mixture of potassium borofluoride and potassium carbonate.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. Various
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