FLUORINE

INFORMATION

• Atomic number: 9
• Element symbol: F
• Atomic weight: 18.998
• State of matter: gas
• A nonmetal

DESCRIPTION

• Pale yellow gas
• Latin word "fluere" meaning"to flow".
• Highly toxic
• It can combine with almost any other element on earth
• Fluorine is found in the halogen group

DISCOVERY

• Discovered by: Henri Moissan
• Year: 1886
• He was the first one able to isolate it (platinum tube)

FUN FACTS!

• Fluorine is the most chemically reactive element, when combined with water in can produce oxygen.
• Fluorine is found in toothpaste, our water supply, and in rocket fuel (prevent tooth decay)
• Can cause severe burns if it comes into contact with skin
• Once ihaled in large amounts it can cause death (it will destroy the body tissue)
• There is 0.004% in our body

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CITES

• http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/f.htm
• http://www.chemicool.com/elements/fluorine.htm
• http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Inorganic_Chemistry/Descriptive_Chemistry/
• http://www.mineralseducationcoalition.org/elements/fluorine