boron trifluoride
- noun
- /ˈbɔːrɒn traɪˈflʊəraɪd/
- Specialized
:
trifluoruro de boro
- Boron trifluoride is highly toxic and must be handled with extreme care in a fume hood.
Examples
-
The laboratory was equipped with cylinders of boron trifluoride for their organic synthesis experiments.
-
When boron trifluoride reacts with water, it produces boric acid and hydrofluoric acid.
-
The chemist used boron trifluoride in the reaction.
-
Is boron trifluoride safe to handle?
-
Boron trifluoride is a pungent, colorless gas that is used as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
-
In the chemical laboratory, researchers utilize boron trifluoride to synthesize various organic compounds.
-
The properties of boron trifluoride make it an essential reagent in the production of other chemicals.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound name is fully compositional: 'boron' (the element) combined with 'trifluoride' (a species containing three fluorine atoms) straightforwardly yields a boron compound with three fluorine atoms (BF3). Although specific physical properties and uses (pungent, gaseous, catalytic) are technical and require chemistry knowledge, the basic identity of the substance is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Boron trifluoride tells you what the gas is: boron plus trifluoride, which means three fluorine atoms joined to the boron. Picture a boron atom with three little fluorine 'balls' around it — that picture is the molecule 'BF3', and it helps chemists know this small, reactive gas.
