fluorine

Summary

fluorine is a chemical element^[1]. fluorine draws 3,283 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #43 of 144).^[2]

Key Facts

• fluorine is credited with the discovery of Henri Moissan^[3].
• fluorine is credited with the discovery of André-Marie Ampère^[4].
• fluorine's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• fluorine's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[6].
• hydrofluoric acid is named after fluorine^[7].
• fluorine was followed by neon^[8].
• fluorine's location of discovery is recorded as France^[9].
• fluorine's element symbol is recorded as F^[10].
• fluorine's chemical formula is recorded as F^[11].
• fluorine is a type of diatomic nonmetal^[12].
• fluorine is a type of nonmetal^[13].
• fluorine is a type of halogens^[14].
• fluorine is part of perfluorinated compound^[15].
• fluorine is part of period 2^[16].
• fluorine is part of halogens^[17].
• fluorine's Commons category is recorded as Fluorine^[18].
• fluorine's Unicode character is recorded as 氟^[19].
• fluorine's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1810^[20].
• fluorine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fluorine^[21].
• fluorine's Commons gallery is recorded as Fluorine^[22].
• fluorine's atomic number is recorded as {'amount': '+9'}^[23].
• fluorine's electronegativity is recorded as {'amount': '+3.98'}^[24].
• fluorine's oxidation state is recorded as {'amount': '-1'}^[25].
• fluorine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[26].
• fluorine's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[5] and lithophile^[6]. Recorded subclass of include diatomic nonmetal^[12], nonmetal^[13], and halogens^[14].

Origins

hydrofluoric acid is named after fluorine^[7].

Use and Application

Part of include perfluorinated compound^[15], a structural class of chemical entities^[28]; period 2^[16], a period^[29]; and halogens^[17], a group^[30].

Influence

Things named for fluorine include fluorapatite^[31], a mineral species^[32]; fluorapophyllite-(K)^[33], a mineral species^[34]; fluoro-edenite^[35], a mineral species^[36]; fluoro-richterite^[37], a mineral species^[38]; fluor-buergerite^[39], a mineral species^[40]; babefphite^[41], a mineral species^[42]; fluoborite^[43], a mineral species^[44]; and fluor-liddicoatite^[45], a mineral species^[46].

Why It Matters

fluorine draws 3,283 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #43 of 144).^[2] fluorine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] fluorine is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Entities named for fluorine include fluorapatite^[31], a mineral species^[32]; fluorapophyllite-(K)^[33], a mineral species^[34]; fluoro-edenite^[35], a mineral species^[36]; fluoro-richterite^[37], a mineral species^[38]; fluor-buergerite^[39], a mineral species^[40]; and babefphite^[41], a mineral species^[42].