Boron trifluoride

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Name (Hebrew)
תלת פלואוריד בורון
Name (Latin)
Boron trifluoride
Name (Arabic)
ثلاثي فلوريد البورون
Other forms of name
Boron fluoride
Trifluoroborane
See Also From tracing topical name
Boron compounds
Fluorides
Lewis acids
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q409602
Library of congress: sh2007010028
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Booth, Harold Simmons. Boron trifluoride and its derivatives, 1949:p. 16 (Boron trifluoride is a colorless gas which does not support combustion and which hydrolyzes in ordinary air, producing a copius white smoke. The hydrolytic products have a sharp acidic odor)
  • NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, via WWW, Nov. 16, 2007(Boron trifluoride, synonyms: Boron fluoride, Trifluoroborane, physical description: Colorless gas with a pungent, suffocating odor ... Forms dense white fumes in moist air. Shipped as a nonliquefied compressed gas)
  • Britannica online, Feb. 28, 2008:under boron (boron reacts with halogen elements to give trihalides (BX₃, where X is F, Cl, Br, or I), so-called Lewis acids)