Swarts fluorination

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A process whereby the chlorine atoms in a compound are replaced with fluorine, by treatment with antimony trifluoride in the presence of chlorine or of antimony pentachloride.

Word forms

Swarts fluorination

Etymology

First described by Frédéric Jean Edmond Swarts in 1892.

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