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  • noun chemistry any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule

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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

  • 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

  • To create this material, researchers crushed xenon difluoride - a white crystal used to etch silicon conductors - between two small diamond anvils.

    Livescience.com 2010

  • 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

  • At normal atmospheric pressure, molecules of xenon difluoride stay relatively far apart from each other.

    Livescience.com 2010

  • Technology Review, perturbing a single atom in the compressed xenon difluoride would cause the whole metalized substance to explode.

    Livescience.com 2010

  • The [diamond anvil] cell contained xenon difluoride (XeF2), a white crystal used to etch silicon conductors, squeezed between two small diamond anvils.

    Latest Marketing News On Marktd 2010

  • 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

  • The cell contained xenon difluoride (XeF2), a white crystal used to etch silicon conductors, squeezed between two small diamond anvils.

    innovations-report 2010

  • 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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