Fluorine
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nonmetallic, diatomic gas, symbol F, atomic number 9, atomic weight 18.998, that is a trace element and member of the halogen family.
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- 5 300 None Uses: Fluorine is used for the production of uranium hexafluoride, sulfur hexafluoride, boron trifluoride, and the metal fluorides, silver difluoride, cobalt trifluoride, and manganese trifluoride, the metal fluorides being particularly valuable for the preparation of fluorocarbons.
- Fluorine is a Group 17 element.
- Fluorine is a highly dangerous element, causing severe chemical burns on contact with the skin.
- Say what?Fluorine is pronounced as FLU-eh-reen or as FLU-eh-rin.
- 87 V Discovered by Moissan in 1886 Fluorine Fluorine is an univalent poisonous gaseous halogen, it is pale yellow-green and it is the most chemically reactive and electronegative of all the elements.
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