A chemical radical or functional group containing hafnium, used in chemical formulas and scientific nomenclature.
From hafnium plus the chemical suffix -yl, used to denote a radical or functional group derived from an element.
The suffix -yl is how chemists create a whole language of radicals and functional groups—it's like they have shorthand for building blocks that can snap onto molecules.
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