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Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

Fluorine Compounds, Inorganic, Oxygen

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I. J. Solomon¹ and Jean'ne M. Shreeve²

¹IIT Research Institute

²University of Idaho

DOI: 10.1002/0471238961.1524250719151215.a01
Article Online Posting Date: December 4, 2000

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Abstract

Oxygen difluoride is the most stable binary compound of oxygen and fluorine. It is mainly a laboratory chemical. Dioxygen difluoride is unstable and difficult to purify, but has found some application in the conversion of uranium oxides to UF₆ and as a recovery agent for actinides from nuclear wastes. Physical and chemical properties are given.