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calcium fluoride
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chemical compound
OverviewAI-generated
Calcium fluoride, also identified by the IUPAC name calcium difluoride, is a chemical compound with the formula CaF₂. Its canonical SMILES notation is [F-].[F-].[Ca+2]. The compound has a mass of 77.959 and a weight of 78.07. It possesses a density of 3.18 and a refractive index of 1.4328.
Physical properties include a melting point of 1418 and a boiling point of 2533.4. The standard enthalpy of formation is -1221, and the pKa is 1. The solubility product constant is 0.0000000000345. Structural data indicates zero hydrogen bond donors, two hydrogen bond acceptors, a topological polar surface area of 0, and a charge of 0.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- CaF2
- Molecular weight
- 78.07 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- calcium difluoride
- SMILES
- [F-].[F-].[Ca+2]
- InChIKey
- WUKWITHWXAAZEY-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
6,871 papers- Novel rechargeable calcium fluoride dental nanocomposites.Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials · 2022
- Novel rechargeable nano-calcium phosphate and nano-calcium fluoride resin cements.Journal of dentistry · 2022
- On the role of calcium fluoride in the cariostatic mechanism of fluoride.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 1988
- Review on fluoride, with special emphasis on calcium fluoride mechanisms in caries prevention.European journal of oral sciences · 1997
- Fluoride Binding to Dental Biofilm Bacteria: Synergistic Effect with Calcium Questioned.Caries research · 2019
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Calcium fluoride
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- solubility product constant
- 0.0000000000345
- canonical SMILES
- [F-].[F-].[Ca+2]
- chemical formula
- CaF₂
- density
- 3.18
- melting point
- 1418
- boiling point
- 2533.4
- standard enthalpy of formation
- -1221
- pKa
- 1
- refractive index
- 1.4328
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