CHEMICAL DATA NOTEBOOK SERIES #68: FLUORINE
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Fluorine is a member of the family of elements known as halogens (other members are chlorine, bromine, iodine, and astatine, which is radioactive and very rare). Fluorine is a highly toxic, very corrosive, highly reactive, irritating, yellow gas with a choking odor. The most powerful oxidizer known, it is an extremely valuable chemical to industry. It is used principally to produce chemical compounds that contain the fluoride ion or the fluoride radical — that is, as a raw material to produce compounds such as fluorides for toothpaste and fluoridation of water, the monomers of fluorocarbons, and other compounds where the presence of fluorine in the compound is important to a chemical reaction. Fluorine may be shipped as a gas under pressure or as a cryogenic liquid. Its molecular formula is F2, and it has no synonyms.
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