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ethers

• In ether: Complexes of ethers with reagents

  Similarly, gaseous boron trifluoride (BF3) is more easily used as its liquid complex with diethyl ether, called BF3 etherate, rather than as the toxic, corrosive gas.

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incomplete octet

• In chemical bonding: Incomplete-octet compounds

  An example is the compound boron trifluoride, BF3, which is used as an industrial catalyst. The boron (B) atom supplies three valence electrons, and a representation of the compound’s structure is:

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slow neutrons

• In radiation measurement: Slow-neutron detectors

  …a proportional tube filled with boron trifluoride (BF3) gas. Some incident neutrons interact with the boron-10 in the gas, producing two charged particles with a combined energy of 2.3 MeV. These particles leave a trail of ion pairs in the gas, and a pulse develops in the normal manner as…

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