Swarts fluorination
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First described by Frédéric Jean Edmond Swarts in 1892.
Noun
[edit]Swarts fluorination (uncountable)
- (chemistry) A process whereby the chlorine atoms in a compound are replaced with fluorine, by treatment with antimony trifluoride in the presence of chlorine or of antimony pentachloride.