tetrafluoride
noun
tet·ra·flu·o·ride
ˌte-trə-ˈflȯr-ˌīd 
-ˈflu̇r-
: a fluoride containing four atoms of fluorine
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Green Salt was a small-scale way of producing tetrafluoride, an intermediate step in the process of producing feed material for uranium enrichment.
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Laurence Norman, WSJ, 25 May 2022
In 2005, Iran acknowledged converting yellowcake into uranium tetrafluoride, a step below the uranium hexafluoride needed for centrifuges.
—The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018
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Laurence Norman, WSJ, 25 May 2022
In 2005, Iran acknowledged converting yellowcake into uranium tetrafluoride, a step below the uranium hexafluoride needed for centrifuges.
—The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018
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“Tetrafluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tetrafluoride. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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