Abstract:
Solid ionic salts exemplified by perfluoro ammonium hexafluoro antimonate having the highly energetic perfluoro ammonium cation (NF4 ), are produced by interreacting gaseous nitrogen trifluoride, gaseous fluorine, and liquid antimony pentafluoride (in the presence or absence of hydrogen fluoride), this reaction being preferably effected at a temperature of between about 100* C. and about 200* C., and at a superatmospheric pressure in the range of from about 50 atmospheres to about 200 atmospheres. The use of arsenic perfluoride, phosphorus perfluoride, or bismuth perfluoride, instead of the antimony perfluoride, results in the formation of the corresponding arsenate, phosphate or bismuthate salt, all of which are very stable, are powerful fluorination agents, and useful as oxidants.