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Zinc fluoride is an inorganic chemical compound. It is encountered as the anhydrous form and also as the tetrahydrate, ZnF2 · 4H2O. It has a high melting point and has the rutile structure containing 6 coordinate zinc, which suggests appreciable ionic character in its chemical bonding. Unlike the other zinc halides, ZnCl2, ZnBr2 and ZnI2, it is not very soluble in water.
Like some other metal difluorides, ZnF2 crystallizes in the rutile structure, which features octahedral Zn centers and planar fluorides.
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