Defluorinate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to remove or reduce fluorine or fluoride

    "Attempts to fuse and defluorinate rock phosphate by feeding the finely ground material into the flame of a blast lamp were not successful."

Example

More examples

"Attempts to fuse and defluorinate rock phosphate by feeding the finely ground material into the flame of a blast lamp were not successful."

Etymology

From de- + fluorinate.

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