perfluorinated, ppl. a. Chem.
(pəˈfluːərɪneɪtɪd)
[f. per-1 5 + fluorinated ppl. a.]
Applied to a (usu. organic) compound, radical, etc., in which fluorine has replaced hydrogen to the maximum extent short of altering the characteristic functional groups of the species.
| 1947 Chem. Rev. XL. 52 This method cannot in general be used successfully..to prepare fluorocarbons or other perfluorinated compounds which are of much significance. 1972 Materials & Technol. IV. vii. 237 A number of perfluorinated aromatic and heteroaromatic compounds have been synthesized in recent years. 1974 Physics Bull. June 226/2 Electrolytic generation from water has made progress with the use of solid electrolytes such as perfluorinated sulphonic acid, which could allow efficiencies of up to 95% for the conversion from electrical energy to energy stored in the form of hydrogen. |