Self-ionization liquid hydrogen fluoride

The existence of hydrogen bonds is not a necessary condition for association and self-ionization of solvents. Association of liquid hydrogen fluoride, for example, can be explained equally well by hydrogen bridges between fluorine atoms and fluorine bridges between hydrogen atoms (72) ... [Pg.227]

Liquid hydrogen fluoride is a highly acidic substance, showing a much lower proton affinity in the anhydrous state than in aqueous solution. The ionic species formed by autoprotolysis are also associated and comprise a hydrogen-bonded network. The formal self-ionization is usually represented as... [Pg.60]