2 BF3 + 3 H2O → B2O3 + 6 HF
Reactants:
- BF3
- Names: Boron trifluoride
, Boron fluoride
, Trifluoroborane
- Appearance: Colorless gas (anhydrous) | colorless liquid (dihydrate)
; Colourless compressed gas with pungent odour. forms white fumes in moist air
; Colorless gas with a pungent, suffocating odor. [Note: Forms dense white fumes in moist air. Shipped as a nonliquefied compressed gas.]
- Names: Boron trifluoride
- H2O – Water, oxidane
Products:
- B2O3
- HF – Fluorane
- Other names: Hydrofluoric acid
, Hydrogen fluoride
, Fluorhydric acid
- Appearance: Colorless solution
; Colourless gas or colourless liquid (below 19.5 °C)
; Colourless gas or colourless fuming liquid with pungent odour
; Colourless fuming liquid with pungent odour
; Colorless gas or fuming liquid (below 67°F) with a strong, irritating odor. [Note: Shipped in cylinders.]
- Other names: Hydrofluoric acid