RBF

RBF may refer to:

  • Radial basis function in numerical analysis
  • Rassemblement Bruxelles-France, a minor Belgian political party
  • Rangierbahnhof, a railway marshalling yard in Germany, abbreviated Rbf.
  • Rat-bite fever, an illness acquired from rodents
  • Reel Big Fish, a ska-punk band
  • Renal blood flow, the rate of blood flow to the kidneys
  • Reserve Bank of Fiji, the central bank of Fiji
  • Revenue Based Financing, capital for growing businesses
  • Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a philanthropic vehicle of the Rockefellers
  • Rubidium fluoride, chemical formula RbF
  • Russian Basketball Federation
  • Big Bear City Airport, California, IATA code RBF
  • Resting bitch face, an unintentionally annoyed-looking facial expression
  • Rubidium fluoride

    Rubidium fluoride (RbF) is the fluoride salt of rubidium. It is a cubic crystal with rock-salt structure.

    There are several methods for synthesising rubidium fluoride. One involves reacting rubidium hydroxide with hydrofluoric acid:

    Another method is to neutralize rubidium carbonate with hydrofluoric acid:

    Another possible method is to react rubidium hydroxide with ammonium fluoride:

    The least used method due to expense of rubidium metal is to react it directly with fluorine gas, as rubidium reacts violently with halogens:

    References

  • "Rubidium compounds: rubidium fluoride". WebElements: the periodic table on the web. WebElements. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
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