HF Scientific & Educational Abbreviation

HF has various meanings in the Scientific & Educational category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of HF in Scientific & Educational.

Heat Flux

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Heat flux is defined as the amount of heat transferred per unit area per unit time from or to a surface. In a basic sense it is a derived quantity since it involves, in principle, two quantities that is the amount of heat transfer per unit time and the area from/to which this heat transfer takes place.

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High-Flow
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Human Factors

The study of the way in which humans handle, and react to, things in their environment. It is used in aviation to develop safer systems and procedures.

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High Frequency

Electrical frequency exceeding 15,000 per second.

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Horizontal Flight
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Hydrogen Fluoride

Hydrogen fluoride is a chemical compound with the chemical formula HF. This colorless gas or liquid is the principal industrial source of fluorine, often in the aqueous form as hydrofluoric acid, and thus is the precursor to many important compounds including pharmaceuticals and polymers (for example Teflon). Hydrogen fluoride is widely used in the petrochemical industry and is a component of many super acids.

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High Fluorocarbon
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Halfnium
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Hartree-Fock Method
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Hafnium

Symbol:"Hf" Atomic Number:"72" Atomic Mass: 178.49amu. Hafnium is one of the transition elements. Hafnium is often found with zirconium. This silvery metal has been put to use in nuclear reactor control rods and in many alloys.

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