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noun
: a colorless corrosive fuming usually gaseous compound HF that yields hydrofluoric acid when dissolved in water
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This device can also subject test devices to lethal gases like hydrogen fluoride, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen chloride, all of which exist in Venus' atmosphere and to which future probes will be exposed.
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Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2012
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
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Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2012
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
As part of the process to capture HFC-23, about 1,600 pounds a year of chloroform, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and hydrogen fluoride, all hazardous air pollutants, could be emitted into neighborhoods around its Louisville facility.
—From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hydrogen fluoride was
in 1869
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“Hydrogen fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydrogen%20fluoride. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.
Kids Definition
hydrogen fluoride
noun
: a colorless poisonous gas that is made up of hydrogen and fluorine and produces hydrofluoric acid when dissolved in water
Medical Definition
hydrogen fluoride
noun
: a colorless corrosive fuming usually gaseous compound HF that yields hydrofluoric acid when dissolved in water
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