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Swarts fluorination

Swarts fluorination noun: a process whereby the chlorine atoms in a compound are replaced with fluorine, by treatment with antimony trifluoride in the presence of chlorine or of antimony pentachloride.

Noun

Swarts fluorination (uncountable)

  1. A process whereby the chlorine atoms in a compound are replaced with fluorine, by treatment with antimony trifluoride in the presence of chlorine or of antimony pentachloride.

Origin of Swarts fluorination

First described by Frédéric Jean Edmond Swarts in 1892.

Questions about Swarts fluorination

What does Swarts fluorination mean?
Swarts fluorination means a process whereby the chlorine atoms in a compound are replaced with fluorine, by treatment with antimony trifluoride in the presence of chlorine or of antimony pentachloride.
What part of speech is Swarts fluorination?
Swarts fluorination is a noun.

Words near Swarts fluorination in the dictionary

  1. Swartouts
  2. Swartruggens
  3. swartrutter
  4. swartrutters
  5. swarts
  6. Swarts fluorination
  7. Swartwood
  8. Swartwoods
  9. swarty
  10. Swartz
  11. Swartzendruber

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