| LC control no. | sh2007010028 |
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| Topical heading | Boron trifluoride |
| Variant(s) | Boron fluoride Trifluoroborane |
| See also | Boron compounds Fluorides Lewis acids |
| Found in | 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) |
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