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hydrofluoric |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hydrofluoric \Hy`dro*flu*or"ic\, a. [Hydro-, 2 + fluoric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to or containing, hydrogen and fluorine; fluohydric; as hydrofluoric acid. {Hydrofluoric acid} (Chem.), a colorless, mobile, volatile liquid, {HF}, very corrosive in its action and having a strong, pungent, suffocating odor. It is produced by the action of sulphuric acid on fluorite, and is usually collected as a solution in water. It attacks all silicates, as glass or porcelain, is the agent employed in etching glass, and is preserved only in vessels of platinum, lead, caoutchouc, or gutta-percha.
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