Calcium Fluoride - Compound Summary (CID 24617)
Also known as: Fluorite, Fluorspar, Liparite, Natural fluorite, Acid-spar, Met-spar, Calcium fluoratum, Irtran 3, Fluorure de calcium
Molecular Formula: CaF2   Molecular Weight: 78.074806   InChIKey: WUKWITHWXAAZEY-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Calcium fluoride. Occurring in nature as the mineral fluorite or fluorspar. It is the primary source of fluorine and its compounds. Pure calcium fluoride is used as a catalyst in dehydration and dehydrogenation and is used to fluoridate drinking water. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)   From: MeSH
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