Hafnium tetrafluoride is the
inorganic compound
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with the formula HfF
4. It is a white solid. It adopts the same structure as
zirconium tetrafluoride, with 8-coordinate Hf(IV) centers.
References
Further reading
*Benjamin, S. L., Levason, W., Pugh, D., Reid, G., Zhang, W., "Preparation and structures of coordination complexes of the very hard Lewis acids ZrF
4 and HfF
4", Dalton Transactions 2012, 41, 12548.
Hafnium compounds
Fluorides
Metal halides
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