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
  • Yes, the Xenomorph circulatory system is filled with a lethal, extremely melty cocktail of sulphuric and hydrofluoric acid.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Lithography and etching can produce acidic wastewater, and can even contaminate it with powerful hydrofluoric acid.
    — Rebecca Heilweil, WIRED, 19 July 2023
  • The first phase will produce hydrofluoric acid and other high-purity industrial chemicals.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Lynch could not immediately confirm how 3M uses hydrofluoric acid.
    — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 12 May 2021
  • Nobody was killed, but 3,271 pounds of highly toxic hydrofluoric acid leaked into the community.
    — Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News, 21 June 2022
  • The refinery disaster in June unleashed over 5,200 pounds of deadly hydrofluoric acid.
    — NBC News, 16 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • On Thursday morning, York County officials said another incident involving hydrofluoric acid was reported at the site.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • And even silicates will be damaged if they are cleaned with a solution that includes hydrofluoric acid, which is commonly found in rust-removers and toilet bowl cleaners, according to the Natural Stone Institute, an industry group.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • Lava produces toxic gases including carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and hydrofluoric acid, according to Earth Magazine.
    — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 20 June 2018
  • 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

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