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aluminum fluoride
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chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- AlF3
- Molecular weight
- 83.976748 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- aluminum trifluoride
- SMILES
- [F-].[F-].[F-].[Al+3]
- InChIKey
- KLZUFWVZNOTSEM-UHFFFAOYSA-K
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- fluorine
- Mass
- 83.977
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- Commons category
- Aluminium fluoride
- canonical SMILES
- F[Al](F)F
- chemical formula
- AlF₃
- 2022 Harmonized System Code
- 282612
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Encyclopedic overview
Aluminium fluoride is an inorganic compound with the formula AlF3. It forms hydrates AlF3·xH2O. Anhydrous AlF3 and its hydrates are all colorless solids. Anhydrous AlF3 is used in the production of aluminium. Several occur as minerals.
Occurrence and production
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