hydrofluoric acid

English

Noun

hydrofluoric acid (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) A solution of hydrogen fluoride, HF, in water; it is a weak but very corrosive acid, used in the production of fluorine compounds, and in metallurgy.

Related terms

• fluoric
• fluoride

Translations

hydrofluoric acid

• Catalan: àcid fluorhídric m
• Czech: kyselina fluorovodíková f
• Finnish: vetyfluoridihappo, fluorivetyhappo
• Italian: acido fluoridrico (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flussyre m or f

  Nynorsk: flussyre f

• Portuguese: ácido fluorídrico m
• Romanian: acid fluorhidric (ro) m
• Russian: фтористоводоро́дная кислота́ f (ftoristovodoródnaja kislotá), пла́виковая кислота́ (ru) f (plávikovaja kislotá)
• Swedish: fluorvätesyra (sv) c