hydrogen fluoride
noun
: a colorless corrosive fuming usually gaseous compound HF that yields hydrofluoric acid when dissolved in water
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Pollution from those plants, like hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide, lingered near ground level for five days.
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Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
The ash coating destroyed and damaged homes contains volatile organic compounds that can include benzene, silica, asbestos, lead, hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen fluoride.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Air quality monitoring has not detected heavy metal particles or hydrogen fluoride, a gas associated with the batteries, county officials said.
—Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
These fires release hazardous gases, including hydrogen fluoride and carbon monoxide, which pose serious health risks if inhaled.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Initial air quality monitoring from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined that there was no public health risk posed by levels of particulate matter and hydrogen fluoride gas released during the fire.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
At the meeting Tuesday, Rick Encarnacion, director of environmental health for Monterey County, said no monitors detected levels of particulate matter — or soot — or hydrogen fluoride, a toxic gas that can come from lithium battery fires, above state health guidelines.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Business Large energy storage facility planned for Escondido but are batteries a fire hazard?
April 11, 2023
The batteries can emit hydrogen fluoride, pure hydrogen or carbon monoxide, officials said.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
Founded in 1957, JSR is the world’s leading maker of photoresists and one of three Japanese companies, along with Shin-Etsu Chemical and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo, that control the global supply of fluorinated polyimide and hydrogen fluoride.
—Yuki Furukawa and Winnie Hsu, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
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Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
The ash coating destroyed and damaged homes contains volatile organic compounds that can include benzene, silica, asbestos, lead, hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen fluoride.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Air quality monitoring has not detected heavy metal particles or hydrogen fluoride, a gas associated with the batteries, county officials said.
—Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
These fires release hazardous gases, including hydrogen fluoride and carbon monoxide, which pose serious health risks if inhaled.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Initial air quality monitoring from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined that there was no public health risk posed by levels of particulate matter and hydrogen fluoride gas released during the fire.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2025
At the meeting Tuesday, Rick Encarnacion, director of environmental health for Monterey County, said no monitors detected levels of particulate matter — or soot — or hydrogen fluoride, a toxic gas that can come from lithium battery fires, above state health guidelines.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Business Large energy storage facility planned for Escondido but are batteries a fire hazard?
April 11, 2023
The batteries can emit hydrogen fluoride, pure hydrogen or carbon monoxide, officials said.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2023
Founded in 1957, JSR is the world’s leading maker of photoresists and one of three Japanese companies, along with Shin-Etsu Chemical and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo, that control the global supply of fluorinated polyimide and hydrogen fluoride.
—Yuki Furukawa and Winnie Hsu, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
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“Hydrogen fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrogen%20fluoride. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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