Talk:Oxygen difluoride

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Someone made an edit to this article saying it is sometimes thought of as an oxide rather than a fluoride. How widely believed is this?? Georgia guy 22:55, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

• I would say that it is a legitimate edit. It is not really useful to classify it as either, but there you go, we have to call it something! Physchim62 23:37, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

density

the density is wrong is to high dens for agas drom oxygen and fluorin —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.176.97.146 (talk) 17:14, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Name

Note that it cannot be classified as an oxide because of larger electronegativity of the fluorine. However, covalent-bonded electrons are not moved to fluorine atoms almost at all, so the molecule is not polarized. But formal, it`s oxygen difluoride, not difluorine oxide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.159.166.98 (talk) 07:18, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Reactions

The given reaction equations and products in the section "reactions" are somewhat inconsistent. Is sulfur oxidized to the state +4 or +6? And why does a reaction of OF₂ with a reducing agent release elemental fluorine but reduce the oxygen? --79.243.250.21 (talk) 23:17, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

One could say that there are whiners and there are editors. Which one do you choose? Get book and look it up! --Smokefoot (talk) 01:38, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Let me re-phrase the question from 79.243.250.21 :

Where is the citation ("book") that says OF2 reacts with SO2 to create F2 + SO3 ?

Also Enthalpy of Formation for OF2 is endothermal (not exothermal),

its the strongly exothermal NaF that "drive" the production of OF2 89.8.230.214 (talk) 15:10, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

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odorless

According to a crossword puzzle today OF2 is an odorless gas. I suppose if it completely destroys the olfactory cells before they can send out a signal, then it would be. Otherwise, I would expect it to have an odor similar to fluorine. Gah4 (talk) 05:24, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

Boiling point

The article presently states that the boiling point is 228 degrees Fahrenheit, and that it's storable, which lead to its use in rocketry. I'm fairly certain that it's missing a negative sign, because; A) several chemistry websites have it listed at that, as well as Ignition!, If I remember correctly and B) It would have gotten a lot more press as a storable oxidizer if it were, even with its toxicity and the production of HF as an exhaust product. 2603:8001:2200:338E:BCDD:F4E5:FBF0:1017 (talk) 06:10, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Science Direct says -228.6. Gah4 (talk) 07:07, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

correcting enthalpy to +24.5 (cf. WebBook / NIST)

I have a Master i chemistry. (1) Thricecube added a highly unusual SO2 reaction (4. january 2010) which needs a reference. (2) 79.106.211.8 changed 24.5 til "-24.5" (16. january 2024), without giving a reference, and also disagrees with article's WebBook reference. I corrected "Thermochemistry" to match WebBook (NIST) data. 89.8.237.115 (talk) 10:23, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

... in addition :

As stated above, Enthalpy of Formation for OF2 is endothermal, you CANNOT make OF2 by mixing O2 and F2. It is the strongly exothermal NaF formation that "drive" the production of OF2. 89.8.237.115 (talk) 11:02, 26 November 2024 (UTC)