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| InChIKey = APURLPHDHPNUFL-GBQYYLROAD
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| OtherAnions = [[Chemistry:Aluminium monochloride|aluminium monochloride]]
| OtherCations = [[Chemistry:Lithium fluoride|lithium fluoride]], [[Chemistry:Sodium fluoride|sodium fluoride]], [[Chemistry:Potassium fluoride|potassium fluoride]]
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'''Aluminium monofluoride''', also known as '''fluoridoaluminium''', is the [[Chemistry:Chemical compound|chemical compound]] with the [[Chemistry:Chemical formula|formula]] AlF.  This elusive species is formed by the reaction between [[Chemistry:Aluminium fluoride|aluminium trifluoride]] and metallic [[Chemistry:Aluminium|aluminium]] at elevated temperatures but quickly reverts to the reactants when cooled.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Dyke | first1 = C.Kirby | last2 = Morris | first2 = B.W.J.Gravenor | year = 1984 | title = A study of aluminium monofluoride and aluminium trifluoride by high-temperature photoelectron spectroscopy | journal = Chemical Physics | volume = 88 | issue = 2| page = 289 | doi = 10.1016/0301-0104(84)85286-6 |bibcode = 1984CP.....88..289D }}</ref>  [[Chemistry:Cluster chemistry|Clusters]] derived from related aluminium(I) halides can be stabilized using specialized [[Chemistry:Ligand|ligand]]s.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Dohmeier | first1 = C. | last2 = Loos | first2 = D. | last3 = Schnöckel | first3 = H. | year = 1996 | title = Aluminum(I) and Gallium(I) Compounds: Syntheses, Structures, and Reactions | journal = Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English | volume = 35 | issue = 2| pages = 129–149 | doi = 10.1002/anie.199601291 }}</ref>

This molecule has been detected in the [[Astronomy:Interstellar medium|interstellar medium]], where molecules are so dilute that intermolecular [[Chemistry:Collision theory|collisions]] are unimportant.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=L. M. Ziurys|author2=A. J. Apponi |author3=T. G. Phillips | title=Exotic fluoride molecules in IRC +10216: Confirmation of AlF and searches for MgF and CaF | journal=Astrophysical Journal | year=1994 | volume=433 | issue=2 | pages=729–732 | bibcode=1994ApJ...433..729Z | doi=10.1086/174682 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Chemistry:Aluminium monobromide|Aluminium monobromide]]
*[[Chemistry:Aluminium monochloride|Aluminium monochloride]]
*[[Chemistry:Aluminium monoiodide|Aluminium monoiodide]]

==References==
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{{Aluminium compounds}}
{{Fluorides}}
{{Molecules detected in outer space}}

[[Category:Fluorides]]
[[Category:Metal halides]]



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