Meanings
nounhydrofluoric acid (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryA solution of hydrogen fluoride, HF, in water; it is a weak but very corrosive acid, used in the production of fluorine compounds, and in metallurgy.
Whereas hydrogen fluoride is denoted as HF, hydrofluoric acid is denoted as HF(aq).
Translations
Catalan àcid fluorhídric
- àcid fluorhídrichydrofluoric acid
Chinese Mandarin 氫氟酸 /氢氟酸, 化骨水
- 氫氟酸 /氢氟酸 (qīngfúsuān)hydrofluoric acid
- 化骨水 (huàgǔshuǐ)hydrofluoric acid
Czech kyselina fluorovodíková
- kyselina fluorovodíkováhydrofluoric acid
Finnish vetyfluoridihappo, fluorivetyhappo
- vetyfluoridihappohydrofluoric acid
- fluorivetyhappohydrofluoric acid
Greek υδροφθορικό οξύ
- υδροφθορικό οξύ (ydrofthorikó oxý)hydrofluoric acid
Italian acido fluoridrico
- acido fluoridricohydrofluoric acid
Norwegian Bokmål flussyre
- flussyrehydrofluoric acid
Portuguese ácido fluorídrico
- ácido fluorídricohydrofluoric acid
Romanian acid fluorhidric
- acid fluorhidrichydrofluoric acid
Russian фтористоводоро́дная кислота́, пла́виковая кислота́
- фтористоводоро́дная кислота́ (ftoristovodoródnaja kislotá)hydrofluoric acid
- пла́виковая кислота́ (plávikovaja kislotá)hydrofluoric acid
Swedish fluorvätesyra
- fluorvätesyrahydrofluoric acid
Cite this entry
APA
hydrofluoric acid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrofluoric%20acid
MLA
“hydrofluoric acid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrofluoric%20acid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrofluoric acid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrofluoric%20acid.
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