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sulfur hexafluoride

sulfur hexafluoride noun: a gaseous binary compound, SF₆, of sulfur and fluorine, used in the electricity industry as a dielectric.

Noun

sulfur hexafluoride (uncountable)

  1. a gaseous binary compound, SF₆, of sulfur and fluorine, used in the electricity industry as a dielectric

Questions about sulfur hexafluoride

What does sulfur hexafluoride mean?
Sulfur hexafluoride means a gaseous binary compound, SF₆, of sulfur and fluorine, used in the electricity industry as a dielectric.
What part of speech is sulfur hexafluoride?
Sulfur hexafluoride is a noun.

Words near sulfur hexafluoride in the dictionary

  1. sulfur dioxide
  2. sulfur ether
  3. sulfur ethers
  4. sulfur fungi
  5. sulfur fungus
  6. sulfur hexafluoride
  7. sulfur impression
  8. sulfur impressions
  9. sulfur match
  10. sulfur matches
  11. sulfur monoxide

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