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fluorine

fluor·ine
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [floo r-een, -in, flawr-, flohr-]
    • /ˈflʊər in, -ɪn, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr-/
    • /ˈflʊə.riːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [floo r-een, -in, flawr-, flohr-]
    • /ˈflʊər in, -ɪn, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr-/

Definitions of fluorine word

  • noun fluorine the most reactive nonmetallic element, a pale-yellow, corrosive, toxic gas that occurs combined, especially in fluorite, cryolite, phosphate rock, and other minerals. Symbol: F; atomic weight: 18.9984; atomic number: 9. 1
  • noun fluorine The chemical element of atomic number 9, a poisonous pale yellow gas of the halogen series. It is the most reactive of all the elements, causing severe burns on contact with skin. 1
  • noun fluorine chemical element: gas 1
  • uncountable noun fluorine Fluorine is a pale yellow, poisonous gas. It is used in the production of uranium and other chemicals. 0
  • noun fluorine a toxic pungent pale yellow gas of the halogen group that is the most electronegative and reactive of all the elements, occurring principally in fluorspar and cryolite: used in the production of uranium, fluorocarbons, and other chemicals. Symbol: F; atomic no: 9; atomic wt: 18.9984032; valency: 1; density: 1.696 kg/m3; relative density: 1.108; freezing pt: –219.62°C; boiling pt: –188.13°C 0
  • noun fluorine a corrosive, toxic, greenish-yellow gaseous chemical element, one of the halogens and the most reactive nonmetallic element, forming fluorides with almost all known elements: symbol, F; at. no., 9 0
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Origin of fluorine

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15; fluor(ic) + -ine1

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fluorine popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • fluorine dating

    a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.

  • chlorofluorocarbon

    Chlorofluorocarbons are the same as CFCs.

  • chlorofluoromethane

    any of a series of gaseous or volatile methanes substituted with chlorine and fluorine and containing little or no hydrogen: used as refrigerants and, formerly, as aerosol propellants until scientists became concerned about depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer.

  • fluoric

    Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.

  • fluorocarbon

    any of a class of compounds produced by substituting fluorine for hydrogen in a hydrocarbon, and characterized by great chemical stability: used chiefly as a lubricant, refrigerant, fire extinguishing agent, and in industrial and other applications in which chemical, electrical, flame, and heat resistance is essential; banned as an aerosol propellant in the U.S. because of concern about ozone layer depletion.

  • fluorochemical

    a chemical compound containing fluorine.
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