perfluoric acid en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) The perfluoric version of a simple oxyacid of fluorine: HFO₄, which either does not occur or occurs only in ways that are difficult for humans to detect.
Since fluorine must always be negative relative to oxygen, oxyacids analogous to those of the other halogens cannot be expected (24). Almost certainly, perfluoric acid HFO₄, or fluoric acid HFO₃, or hypofluorous acid HOF, will not therefore be prepared.
1959, American Rocket Society, “Jet Propulsion”, in ARS Journal, volume 29, American Rocket Society, page 96:
Coordinates
fluoric acid · hypofluorous acid · hydrofluoric acid
Hypernyms
substance · acid · material · compound · oxyacid
Relateds
perbromic acid · periodic acid · perfluorinated · perfluoroacetic acid · perchloric acid