Fluoric Acid
This is more maleic acid, while fumaric acid is left in the strictly hydrofluoric acid, as it is a compound retort. Malic acid forms with bases, MALATES; of hydrogen and fluorine. Its combinations maleic acid, MALEATES. Take the juice of the with bases are called FLUORIDES OF HYDRO- fruit of the mountain ash, immediately after FLUORATES. The well known mineral, fluor- it has turned red, but still unripe; heat it to spar, is a fluoride of calcium. Fluoric acid the boiling point, skim, filter, nearly neureadily dissolves glass and silica, hence it is kept in bottles of lead, silver, platinum, or pure gutta-percha. It is highly corrosive and its vapor is poisonous. It is a colorless fluid which evaporates at 59° Fahr. in dense white fumes when exposed to the air, and has a powerful affinity for water.