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- noun inorganic chemistry Any
fluoride containing fivefluorine atoms in eachmolecule .
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Examples
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A superacid can for example be prepared from hydrogen fluoride (HF) and antimony pentafluoride
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Dissolving alkyl halides at low temperature in hydrogen fluoride-antimon pentafluoride (HF-SbF5), which is
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He chose the superacid antimon-pentafluoride SbF5.
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This gas is phosphorus pentafluoride, PF_ {5}, prepared some years ago by Prof. Thorpe.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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The trifluoride, in turn, combines with more fluorine to form the pentafluoride, the reaction being accompanied by the appearance of a flame of comparatively low temperature.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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_Pentachloride and trichloride of phosphorus_ both react most energetically with fluorine, instantly producing a brilliant flame, and evolving a mixture of phosphorus pentafluoride and free chlorine.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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If the current of fluorine is fairly rapid, a colorless fuming liquid condenses in the receiver, which is mainly arsenic trifluoride, AsF_ {3}, but which appears also to contain a new fluoride, the pentafluoride, AsF_ {5}, inasmuch as the solution in water yields the reactions of both arsenious and arsenic acids.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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This liquid in turn appears to react with more fluorine with considerable evolution of heat, probably forming the pentafluoride, AsF_ {5}.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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If, on the contrary, the phosphorus is in excess, a gaseous mixture of this pentafluoride with a new fluoride, the trifluoride, PF_ {3}, a gas insoluble in water, but which may be absorbed by caustic potash, is obtained.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various
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The phosphorous pentafluoride rains out when the weather gets cold.
Uller Uprising H. Beam Piper 1934
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