Hexafluorophosphoric acid is used as a catalyst. It is also used as a metal cleaner and chemical polishing agent for the formation of protective coatings of metal surfaces..
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Applications
Hexafluorophosphoric acid is used as a catalyst. It is also used as a metal cleaner and chemical polishing agent for the formation of protective coatings of metal surfaces..
Solubility
Immiscible with water.
Notes
Store in a cool place. Incompatible with strong bases, glass, alkali metals, powdered metals, strong oxidizing agents, metals and reacts violently with water.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Thermal decomposition of diazonium hexafluorophosphates often gives better results in the synthesis of aryl fluorides than the classical Balz-Schiemann method via the tetrafluoroborates (see Tetrafluoroboric acid, L14037). For an example, see: Org. Synth. Coll., 5, 133 (1973).
- Bedouret, L.; Judeinstein, P.; Ollivier, J.; Combet, J.; Desmedt, A. Proton Diffusion in the Hexafluorophosphoric Acid Clathrate Hydrate. J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118 (47), 13357-13364.
- Maiti, J.; Kakati, N.; Lee, S. H.; Yoon, Y. S. Fluorination of multiwall carbon nanotubes by a mild fluorinating reagent HPF 6. J. Fluorine Chem. 2012, 135, 362-366.