How to Use hydrofluoric acid in a Sentence

hydrofluoric acid

noun

• The hydrofluoric acid gas emitted from a volcano attached itself to ash particles, which fell on a group of tourists.
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 19 June 2021
• Fire crews poured cold water all day Thursday on a storage tank containing hydrofluoric acid at the refinery.
  — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2018
• After arriving to the scene, personnel determined that one of the leaking drums contained a mix of hydrofluoric acid, nitric acid and chromium, DEEP said.
  — Jessika Harkay, courant.com, 16 Aug. 2021
• The refinery disaster in June unleashed over 5,200 pounds of deadly hydrofluoric acid.
  — NBC News, 16 Jan. 2020
• Nobody was killed, but 3,271 pounds of highly toxic hydrofluoric acid leaked into the community.
  — Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2022
• Nobody was killed, but 3,271 pounds of highly toxic hydrofluoric acid leaked into the community.
  — Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2022
• Sunlit Chemical, a supplier of hydrofluoric acid, which is used in semiconductor production, is building the first phase of its north Phoenix plant in Deer Valley.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2022
• Cars drive by the Torrance refinery, where a 2015 explosion narrowly missed crashing into a tank containing hydrofluoric acid.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
• Most importantly, the finale (and set of twists) is quite strong here, all of it intercut rather brilliantly with the health exec being slowly dissolved via dozens of simultaneous hydrofluoric acid injections.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 28 Sep. 2022
• The report also notes that Philadelphia Energy Solutions hired a company to neutralize the hydrofluoric acid contained in areas of the refinery, which was completed at the end of August.
  — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
• The first phase will produce hydrofluoric acid and other high-purity industrial chemicals.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2022
• The conservative movement has served like a bath of hydrofluoric acid on the quality, competence, and basic decency of American institutions.
  — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 3 Mar. 2020
• At Arizona State researchers are working on electrochemical processes to extract metals like tin, copper and lead from solar cells by dissolving them in baths of nitric acid, then hydrofluoric acid and sodium hydroxide.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• Lynch could not immediately confirm how 3M uses hydrofluoric acid.
  — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 12 May 2021
• Lava produces toxic gases including carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and hydrofluoric acid, according to Earth Magazine.
  — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 20 June 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024