lithium fluoride

noun

: a crystalline salt LiF used especially in making prisms and ceramics and as a flux

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The molten salt will likely be a mixture of lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride, known as FLiBe. IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2023

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1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lithium fluoride was in 1944

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“Lithium fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lithium%20fluoride. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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