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Up to 7,000 metric tons per year of fluorine gas are used for this application. [27] As of 2013, 686,500 metric tons of UF6, containing about 470,000 metric tons of depleted uranium (the remainder being fluorine), were stored at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant , the USEC's Piketon site, Ohio and the East Tennessee Technology Park (formerly ...
PET scan using fluorine-18. Fluorine may interact with biological systems in the form of fluorine-containing compounds. Though elemental fluorine (F 2) is very rare in everyday life, fluorine-containing compounds such as fluorite occur naturally as minerals. Naturally occurring organofluorine compounds are extremely rare. Man-made fluoride ...
Fluorine is a chemical element; it has symbol F and atomic number 9. It is the lightest halogen [note 1] and exists at standard conditions as pale yellow diatomic gas. Fluorine is extremely reactive as it reacts with all other elements except for the light inert gases. It is highly toxic.
Fluorine is an important element for biological systems. From a mammalian health perspective, it is notable as a component of fluorapatite, a key mineral in the teeth of humans that have been exposed to fluorine, as well as shark and fish teeth. [4]
HFC-134a (1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane) has grown to become the most abundant HFC in Earth's atmosphere as of year 2015. [2] Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) are the compounds consisting of fluorine and carbon. They are widely used in the electronics, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as in refrigeration when combined with other gases.
fluorine: 9: 3a: Affects bone density in humans; creates fluoroapatite, which makes tooth enamel hard and relatively impervious to chemical action, compared to bone. [11] Improves growth in rats; has pharmacologic effects – helps to treat other deficiencies, e.g. of iron. Absence of fluorine has no clear adverse consequences in animals. [21]
Perfluoroalkanes are very stable because of the strength of the carbon–fluorine bond, one of the strongest in organic chemistry. [4] Its strength is a result of the electronegativity of fluorine imparting partial ionic character through partial charges on the carbon and fluorine atoms, which shorten and strengthen the bond (compared to carbon-hydrogen bonds) through favorable covalent ...
Moissan's fluorine cell, from his 1887 publication. Fluorine is a relatively new element in human applications. In ancient times, only minor uses of fluorine-containing minerals existed. The industrial use of fluorite, fluorine's source mineral, was first described by early scientist Georgius Agricola in the 16th century, in the context of ...