Ammonium Fluoride

Ammonium Fluoride

Ammonium fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula NH4F. It crystallizes as small colourless prisms, having a sharp saline taste, and is exceedingly soluble in water.The acid salt is usually used in preference to the neutral salt in the etching of glass and related silicates. This property is shared among all soluble fluorides. For this reason it cannot be handled in glass test tubes or apparatus during laboratory work.It is also used for preserving wood, as a mothproofing agent, in printing and dying textiles, and as an antiseptic in breweries.[3]