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hexafluoride

hexafluoride

1 9.1
A substance with six fluorine atoms joined to another element
  • noun
  • /ˌhɛkəˈfluəraɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hexafluoruro
  • The chemical formula for uranium hexafluoride is UF6, which indicates the presence of six fluorine atoms.
  • uranium hexafluoride

Examples

  • Willard Libby, later of carbon-14 fame, came from the gaseous diffusion project at Columbia University to acquaint us with the tricks of using uranium hexafluoride.

    Academic text (2006)
  • PAEC was tasked with mining, milling, and refining the materials and converting them into yellow cake and uranium hexafluoride.

    Blog text (24)
  • The uranium hexafluoride can be converted back to a salt and added to the fuel.

    Academic text (2010)
  • So the question we're really asking is what are the forces that would cause sulfur hexafluoride to bind to itself?

  • The enriched uranium hexafluoride gas, when converted into metal, forms the core of the weapon.

    Blog text (24)
  • This uranium is not within commercial specification (off-spec) or in the form of uranium hexafluoride (UF6).

    Blog text (22)
  • The whereabouts of another 337 tons of uranium hexafluoride processed at the Fernald site were unknown.

    Academic text (1990)
  • It did not see the vats of poison gas in preparation, nor the uranium hexafluoride destined for the gas-diffusion centrifuges of the isotope separation plant.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • This material, uranium hexafluoride, is extremely toxic in both the short term and the long term," Semnani avers, estimating that between 5,000 and 80,000 will fall immediately; the rest over a twenty-year period.

    Blog text (30)
  • The Bushehr, Isfahan, and Natanz facilities contain uranium hexafluoride (UF6) and even some low-enriched uranium; the release of which into the environment would almost certainly raise public health concerns.

    Academic text (2012)

Compounds

sulfur hexafluoride
  • Specialized
6.5

A colorless, odorless gas used to insulate electrical equipment and a strong greenhouse gas

sulfur hexafluoride
  • Specialized
4.9

A gas used in tiny bubbles to make ultrasound images clearer

Surface Forms

hexafluoride singular
hexafluorides plural

Morphology

hexafluoride = fluoride (transparent) = hexa + fluor + ide

The prefix 'hexa-' clearly indicates six, and 'fluoride' is a known compound type, making the immediate base transparent.

Etymology

The word hexafluoride breaks into hexa- meaning 'six', as in hexagon, and fluoride meaning 'fluorine'. So, it is a compound that has six fluorine atoms.