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- noun chemistry any
chloride containing twofluorine atoms in eachmolecule
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Large natural crystals of fluorides, such as calcium difluoride, titanium tetrafluoride, zirconium tetrafluoride, are extremely useful in optical instruments of various forms.
Uller Uprising Piper, H. Beam 1952
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Large natural crystals of fluorides, such as calcium difluoride, titanium tetrafluoride, zirconium tetrafluoride, are extremely useful in optical instruments of various forms.
Uller Uprising H. Beam Piper 1934
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To create this material, researchers crushed xenon difluoride - a white crystal used to etch silicon conductors - between two small diamond anvils.
Livescience.com 2010
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Following treatments for 24 hr with DMSO alone (control), Red-Br-nos, LPS, Red-Br-nos and LPS, cells were stained with 1 µg/ml acridine orange for 15 min, washed with PBS, and examined under a Zeiss fluorescence microscope using a 40X objective lens Proteins from THP-1 cells pellets were resolved by polyacrylamide gel-electrophoresis and transferred onto polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (Millipore).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Susu Zughaier et al. 2010
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At normal atmospheric pressure, molecules of xenon difluoride stay relatively far apart from each other.
Livescience.com 2010
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Technology Review, perturbing a single atom in the compressed xenon difluoride would cause the whole metalized substance to explode.
Livescience.com 2010
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The [diamond anvil] cell contained xenon difluoride (XeF2), a white crystal used to etch silicon conductors, squeezed between two small diamond anvils.
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The cell contained xenon difluoride (XeF2), a white crystal used to etch silicon conductors, squeezed between two small diamond anvils.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The cell contained xenon difluoride (XeF2), a white crystal used to etch silicon conductors, squeezed between two small diamond anvils.
innovations-report 2010
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Once that is sorted out, possible future applications of pressurized xenon difluoride include creating a new class of energetic materials or fuels as well as an
Livescience.com 2010
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