Tetrafluoroberyllate

<p>Tetrafluoroberyllate or orthofluoroberyllate is an <a href="/facts/Anion/wrbwhF3z">anion</a> with the <a href="/facts/Chemical_formula/hghUtthl">chemical formula</a> [<a href="/facts/Beryllium/dv295voP">Be</a><a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">F</a>4]2−. It contains <a href="/facts/Beryllium/dv295voP">beryllium</a> and <a href="/facts/Fluorine/YUV0Fb8m">fluorine</a>. This <a href="/facts/Fluoroanion/zw70h3qn">fluoroanion</a> has a <a href="/facts/Tetrahedral_molecular_geometry/583AL1sP">tetrahedral shape</a>, with the four fluorine atoms surrounding a central beryllium atom. It has the same size, charge, and outer electron structure as <a href="/facts/Sulfate/yuWVxsUf">sulfate</a> <a href="/facts/Sulfur/IK0amTfM">S</a><a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">O</a>2−4. Therefore, many compounds that contain sulfate have equivalents with tetrafluoroberyllate. Examples of these are the <a href="/facts/Langbeinites/VQmscK8B">langbeinites</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tutton%2527s_salts/cqSWrl2b">Tutton's salts</a>.
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Tetrafluoroberyllate