By Spencer at Mill Valley Middle School
"Don't get near Fluorine or you'll have to pay the price, it will burn most things in an instant, but must be kept cooler than ice." Element Facts I Properties I Discovery Facts I Interesting Facts I Glossary I Bibliography
ELEMENT FACTS State: Gas Classification: Nonmetal Atomic Weight: 18.998403 Oxidation State: -1 Atomic Number: 9 Protons in the Nucleus: 9 Nuetrons in the Nucleus: 10 Electrons outside the Nucleus: 9 Valence Electrons: 7 Chemical Symbol: F Melting Point: -219.62ºC Boiling Point: -188.14ºC Family: Halogen Back to the Top
	PROPERTIES	Fluorine is the most reactive element of the periodic table. It is a pale, yellow, coresive gas. Fluorine happens to react with most organic and inorganic substances such as Sodium and Xenon. When combined with Fluorine, finely divided metal, ceramics, glass and carbon burn in a bright flame. Even water will burn when combined with Fluorine. Fluorine is a highly toxic element. Back to the Top
DISCOVERY FACTS	Fluorine was discovered by by a chemist named Joseph Henri Moissan in 1886. The element wasn't isolated until 1960, almost 75 years after Moissan discovered Fluorine. Its name originates from the Latin word fluo, meaning to flow. Back to the Top
	INTERESTING FACTS	Fluorine is obtained from mineral fluorite. This extremely toxic element was used in the nuclear bomb project and is used for high tempereature plastics. It is also used in toothpaste and refrigerants. Fluorine, believe it or not, has actually been test for rocket propellent. Back to the Top
GLOSSARY Halogens: The elements in Group 17 of the peiodic table; they are very reactive nonmetals, and their atoms have 7 valence electrons. Valence Electrons: The electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom; these electrons are included in farming chemical bonds. Melting Point:The point at which something melts. Boiling Point:The point at which something boils. Back to the Top
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1."Periodic Table, Fluorine." CRC Handbook and Physics and the American Chemical Society. 2. Todd, Robert W., ed. Physical Science. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001. 3.Images found at: www.webelements.com/webelements/ elements/text/Ba/key.html web.fccj.org/~ethall/ fluor/fluor.htm www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/ democracy/group.html www.restorteeth.com/reports/ vol10no2/vol10no2-4.htm minerauxfossiles.waika9.com/ corbquartzfluor.htm 4.Animations found at: •http://www.animationfactory.com/cgi-bin/bloodhound.pl Back to the Top Created on March 29, 2002