Defn: A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.
FLUOBORIC
Flu`o*bo"ric, a. Etym: [Fluo- boric: cf. F. fluoborique.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or consisting of, fluorine and boron. Fluoridic acid (Chem.), a double fluoride, consisting essentially of a solution of boron fluoride, in hydrofluoric acid. It has strong acid properties, and is the type of the borofluorides. Called also borofluoric acid.
FLUOBORIDE
Flu`o*bo"ride, n. (Chem.)
Defn: See Borofluoride.
FLUOCERINE; FLUOCERITE
Flu`o*ce"rine, Flu`o*ce"rite, n. Etym: [Fluo- + cerium.] (Min.)
Defn: A fluoride of cerium, occuring near Fahlun in Sweden. Tynosite, from Colorado, is probably the same mineral.
FLUOHYDRIC
Flu`o*hy"dric, a. Etym: [Fluo- + hydrogen.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Hydrofluoric.
FLUOPHOSPHATE
Flu`o*phos"phate, n. Etym: [Fluo- + phosphate.] (Chem.)