Hydrofluoric acid is a dangerous inorganic acid that is widely used in electronics manufacturing, glass etching, removal of rust, pest control in agriculture and heavy-duty domestic cleaning. 1 The ...

Hazard Summary Hydrofluoric acid (HF) and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) are very poisonous, highly irritating and corrosive. Hydrofluoric acid or Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) is fatal if inhaled, if swallowed, or ...

Workers have neutralized almost 340,000 pounds of hydrofluoric acid at a South Philadelphia oil refinery that went up in flames earlier this year, a city official announced Thursday.

While hydrofluoric acid is used at about about 50 of the nation’s 150 refineries to make high-octane gasoline, Valero’s Wilmington refinery and Torrance Refining Co., owned by PBF Energy, are ...

Of the $200 million, $4 million was to be spent at the Geismar plant, the world's largest hydrofluoric acid plant. "We are not shifting production to Geismar and no new investment have been made ...

Hydrogen fluoride is a compound used to make refrigerants, herbicides, pharmaceuticals, high-octane gasoline, aluminum, plastics, electrical components, and fluorescent light bulbs.

Modified hydrofluoric acid is a strong and potentially lethal acid used in the manufacture of high-octane gasoline. It is used at only two California refineries and several others nationwide ...