Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Zinc fluoride (ZnF2) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is encountered as the anydrous form and also as the tetrahydrate ZnF2 · 4H2O (rhombohedral crystal structure). It has a high melting point and has the rutile structure containing 6 coordinate zinc which suggests appreciable ionic character in its chemical bonding. Unlike the other zinc halides ZnCl2 ZnBr2 and ZnI2 it is not very soluble in water.
