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zirconifluoride

zirconifluoride noun: any compound containing the radical ZrF₆.

Noun

zirconifluoride (plural zirconifluorides)

  1. Any compound containing the radical ZrF₆.
    • This substance is potassium zirconifluoride, to which there correspond isomorphous silicifluorides, titanifluorides, and stannifluorides.1917, Robert Martin Caven, Carbon and Its Allies, page 265
    • The tendency to form the complex zirconifluoride ion is so strong that the acidified solution of the zirconium salt dissolves some of the calcium fluoride by withdrawal of fluoride ions […]1954, Gaston Charlot, Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, page 80

Forms of zirconifluoride

pluralzirconifluorides
alternative formzirconofluoride

Questions about zirconifluoride

What does zirconifluoride mean?
Zirconifluoride means any compound containing the radical ZrF₆.
What part of speech is zirconifluoride?
Zirconifluoride is a noun.
What is the plural of zirconifluoride?
The plural of zirconifluoride is zirconifluorides.

Words near zirconifluoride in the dictionary

  1. zirconic
  2. zirconic acid
  3. zirconide
  4. zirconides
  5. zirconiferous
  6. zirconifluoride
  7. zirconifluorides
  8. zirconite
  9. zirconites
  10. zirconium
  11. zirconium carbide

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