Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Potassium fluoride is the chemical compound with the formula KF. After hydrogen fluoride KF is the primary source of the fluoride ion for applications in manufacturing and in chemistry. It is an alkali halide and occurs naturally as the rare mineral carobbiite. Aqueous solutions of KF will etch glass due to the formation of soluble fluorosilicates although HF is more effective.
