Flouine is the 9th ( nine is it's atomic number) element in the periodic table, and is represented
with F. It's atomic mass is 18.99. Flourine is located in group two of the periodic table and belongs
to the Halogen group.
At room Tempreature Flourine is a yelllow gas. Since Flourine belongs to
the Halogen group, it's a non metal, and it can be found on the upper
right side of the modern peiodic table, it is located in period 2 group 17
Flourine is a highly reactive element and cannot be separated from it's compound by any chemical substance. Because of this flourine does not occur free in nature, and used to be extremly difficult for scientists to isolate.
The first use of a flourine compound dates back to 1670.
when it was used for etching glass that needed boheim emeraled
which was created using boheim and flourine. In 1869 George Gore
managed to create a small amount of flourine using a electrolytic process.
Flourine wasn't commercially used until world war 2, where it was used to separate uranium into smaller parts.
Today Flourine is created using electrolysis of potassium fluoride and hydrofluoric acid, which is similar to the way Gore made it two centuries before
Today we use Flourine in city water supplies,
to prevent tooth decaying, flourine is also
one of the elements added to toothpaste, to prevent
tooth decay.
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Compounds
NF+4
MHF2
PF3